12-letter words containing tar
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- solitariness — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
- star jasmine — a shrubby, evergreen vine, Trachelospermum jasminoides, of the dogbane family, native to China, having small clusters of fragrant, white flowers, often cultivated as an ornamental.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
- star-crossed — thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
- star-studded — lighted by or full of stars; bright: a star-studded night.
- stara zagora — a city in central Bulgaria.
- starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
- starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stark effect — Physics. (often lowercase) the splitting into two or more components of the spectral lines of atoms in an electric field.
- starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
- start a hare — to initiate a topic of conversation
- starter flat — a compact flat marketed by price and size specifications to suit the requirements of first-time home buyers
- starter home — A starter home is a small, new house or flat which is cheap enough for people who are buying their first home to afford.
- starter pack — a pack containing basic equipment or information
- steel guitar — an acoustic, handheld guitar having a metal resonator and producing a wailing, variable sound.
- strange star — a hypothetical celestial object that is intermediate in density between a neutron star and a black hole, possibly the remnant of a massive neutron star with all particles reduced to strange quarks.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- taramasalata — a Greek dip or paste of smoked carp roe combined with milk, bread crumbs, lemon juice, and olive oil.
- tardenoisian — of or referring to a Mesolithic culture characterized by small flint instruments
- target group — intended audience or customers
- target price — anticipated retail cost
- target rifle — a rifle designed especially for shooting at targets.
- tartar sauce — a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.
- tartar steak — ground beefsteak seasoned with salt and pepper and served uncooked, often mixed with a raw egg and garnished with capers, onions, etc.
- tatar strait — an arm of the Pacific between the mainland of SE Russia and Sakhalin Island, linking the Sea of Japan with the Sea of Okhotsk. Length: about 560 km (350 miles)
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- the military — the armed services (esp the army)
- totalitarian — of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
- treacle tart — a tart made of pastry filled with syrup and lemon butter
- triunitarian — Trinitarian.
- ubiquitarian — of or relating to the doctrine, especially as advocated by Luther, that the body of Christ is omnipresent and therefore exists in the Eucharistic bread.
- unguentarium — a vessel for holding an unguent
- unitarianism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Unitarians. Compare Unitarian Universalism.
- untargetable — an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- uv ceti star — flare star.
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- water target — water shield (def 1).
- wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.