12-letter words containing t, u, r, b, o
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- strobe tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- thirdborough — an under constable of a township
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
- through bass — figured bass.
- toboggan run — a slope that you can slide down on a toboggan
- torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- trouble-free — not problematic
- trouble-torn — afflicted with trouble, disorder or unrest
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- truck jobber — a jobber or wholesaler who makes calls carrying goods on a truck, thereby being able to take and deliver orders on the same call.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- turbo prolog — A strongly typed Prolog-like logic programming language. 1986. It has user-defined domains. Programs are arranged in sections: DOMAINS, CLAUSES, PREDICATES, DATABASE and GOAL. It is currently known as PDC Prolog and is distributed by Prolog Development Center, Atlanta +1 404 873 1366. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.