12-letter words containing tor
- storm center — the center of a cyclonic storm, the area of lowest pressure and of comparative calm.
- storm centre — the centre of a cyclonic storm, etc, where pressure is lowest
- storm collar — a high collar on a coat
- storm petrel — any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
- storm signal — a visual signal, as a flag, giving advance notice of a heavy storm, used especially along coastal areas.
- storm troops — shock troops
- storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- storm-tossed — thrown up and down or side to side by a storm
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- stormtrooper — Stormtroopers were members of a private Nazi army who were well-known for being violent.
- story writer — author of prose fiction
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- 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
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- teleoperator — a robotic device controlled from a distance by a human operator: usually used to provide safety for the operator, as in working with radioactive materials
- testificator — a person who witnesses
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
- tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
- torpedo boat — a small, fast, highly maneuverable boat used for torpedoing enemy shipping.
- torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
- torque meter — a device designed to determine the torque or torsion in a shaft, usually by measuring the twist in a calibrated length of shafting
- torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- torremolinos — a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean, SW of Málaga: resort.
- torres bodet — Jaime [hahy-me] /ˈhaɪ mɛ/ (Show IPA), 1902–74, Mexican poet, statesman, and diplomat.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- torso murder — a murder in which the body of the victim is dismembered at the torso.
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- torture porn — a genre of horror films in which sadistic violence or torture is a central aspect of the plot
- tractor feed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- tractoration — a medical technique involving drawing the points of two rods of different metals over the affected body part
- trouble-torn — afflicted with trouble, disorder or unrest
- tutor period — (in British secondary schools) a school period for which a tutor group comes together with their tutor
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unrestorable — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.