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12-letter words containing t, y, p, e

  • suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
  • susceptivity — receptive.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • symptomatize — symptomize.
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
  • t-lymphocyte — T cell.
  • take pity on — show compassion, mercy
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • teeny bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
  • teeny-bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
  • temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
  • tetrapyrrole — a chemical formed from four pyrrole rings
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
  • thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
  • to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
  • top security — ultra secure
  • torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
  • tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
  • trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
  • transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
  • triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
  • triple rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
  • trolley pole — a pole that transfers the electrical current from the overhead wire to the trolley bus
  • trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
  • trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
  • tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
  • type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
  • type i error — the error made in the statistical testing of a hypothesis by rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.
  • type section — the sequence of strata referred to in establishing a stratigraphic unit, as a member or formation.
  • type species — the species of a genus that is regarded as the best example of the generic characters of the genus; the species from which a genus was originally named.
  • typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
  • typicalities — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
  • typing error — an error made while using a keyboard to write something
  • typing paper — paper for typing on
  • typing speed — the number of words someone can accurately type in one minute
  • unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
  • undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
  • unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
  • unexpectedly — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
  • unhyphenated — without a hyphen
  • united party — (formerly, in South Africa) the major opposition party, founded by General Smuts in 1934: the official Opposition in Parliament from 1948, the party was disbanded in 1977
  • unpleasantry — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
  • unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
  • unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
  • urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
  • utility pole — one of a series of large, upright poles used to support telephone wires, electric cables, or the like.
  • vanity plate — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
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