12-letter words containing t, u, n, g
- stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
- stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- substituting — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- super-urgent — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- through-sung — sung throughout, with no spoken dialogue
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
- toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- tongue graft — whip graft.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- tooth fungus — any of various mushrooms of the family Hydnaceae (and, in some classifications, allied families), having on the underside of the cap numerous conical spines rather than gills or pores.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- traumatizing — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- trunk engine — an engine having a trunk piston or pistons.
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- tub-thumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- tumbling box — a box, pivoted at two corners, used in the manner of a tumbling barrel.
- tupi-guarani — a family of Indian languages including Tupi, Guarani, lingua geral, and many others of central South America.
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turkoman rug — any of a number of handwoven rugs produced by the Turkomans and characterized by coarse warp and filling yarn, a short, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of geometric, marine, and serpentine designs.
- turn against — become hostile to
- two-pin plug — a plug that has two pins for inserting into a socket
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unaggregated — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- unappetizing — appealing to or stimulating the appetite; savory.