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12-letter words containing tc

  • match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
  • match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
  • matrix patch — A matrix patch is an adhesive patch with medicine distributed through the adhesive. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered into the skin and into the bloodstream.
  • middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • mismatchment — an inappropriate match
  • mole-catcher — someone or something who catches, traps, or kills moles
  • natchitoches — a city in NW Louisiana.
  • needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
  • nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
  • nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
  • non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
  • normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
  • notch effect — the increase in stress in an area of a component near a crack, depression, etc, or a change in section, such as a sharp angle: can be enough to cause failure of the component although the calculated average stress may be quite safe
  • objectcenter — A product offering similar facilities to CodeCenter for the C++ language, plus class browsing facilities etc (formerly Saber-C++).
  • on the latch — fastened by the latch (sense 1) but not locked or bolted
  • on the watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
  • outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
  • outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
  • overscutched — overworked; worn out
  • patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
  • picot stitch — a stitch that produces picots, or loops, of thread that extend beneath a row of connecting or finishing stitches.
  • pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
  • pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
  • pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
  • pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
  • pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
  • poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
  • pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
  • postcolonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
  • postconquest — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period of time after a conquest, esp with regard to the period after the Norman Conquest
  • postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • postcoronary — of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
  • purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
  • quartz watch — a watch that is operated by the vibrations of a quartz crystal controlled by a microcircuit
  • quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
  • quitclaiming — Present participle of quitclaim.
  • rabbit hutch — a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for keeping domestic or pet rabbits in
  • rat-catching — the job of destroying or driving away vermin, esp rats
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • ratchet jack — a screw jack rotated by a ratchet mechanism.
  • return match — sport: second game between same teams
  • rotflmaoastc — (chat)   Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (or arse) off and scaring the cat. The superlative form of ROTFL.
  • router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
  • rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
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