11-letter words containing tri
- patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patriclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- patrilineal — inheriting or determining descent through the male line.
- patrilinear — patrilineal.
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- pericentric — the point at which a heavenly body orbiting around a primary other than the earth or sun is closest to the primary.
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- petri plate — a petri dish containing culture medium
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physiatrist — a physician specializing in physical medicine.
- piezometric — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
- pinstriping — a design, as on a fabric or surface, consisting of pinstripes: There's a surcharge if the car has pinstriping.
- plain tripe — the fatty, inner lining of the first stomach (the rumen) of a steer, calf, hog, or sheep, having a bland taste and used as a food, especially in the preparation of such dishes as haggis, head cheese, etc.
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- pleximetric — relating to a pleximeter
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- prolocutrix — a female prolocutor
- proprietrix — proprietress.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- quick trick — a card, or group of cards, that will probably win the first or second trick in a suit, regardless of who plays it or at what declaration.
- radiometric — Also called Crookes radiometer. an instrument for demonstrating the transformation of radiant energy into mechanical work, consisting of an exhausted glass vessel containing vanes that revolve about an axis when exposed to light.
- rail strike — a strike by railway workers
- reattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- rent strike — a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.
- repatriable — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
- repatriator — a person who repatriates
- restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- restrictive — tending or serving to restrict.
- restringent — (of medicines and chemicals) causing contraction of body tissues, checking blood flow, or restricting secretions of fluids
- retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
- retributive — characterized by or involving retribution: retributive justice.
- retributory — characterized by or involving retribution: retributive justice.
- retrievable — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- return trip — the journey back from a destination
- road-trials — a road test
- sabrmetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- school trip — educational outing
- septentrion — Obsolete. the north.
- sesostris i — 20th century bc, king of Egypt of the 12th dynasty. He conquered Nubia and brought ancient Egypt to the height of its prosperity. The funerary complex at Lisht was built during his reign
- shoe-string — a shoelace.
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- sir patrick — Norman Bel [bel] /bɛl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1958, U.S. industrial and stage designer and architect.
- sociometric — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- sophistries — Sophistries are clever arguments that sound convincing but are in fact false.
- spot strike — a labor strike by a local branch of a union.
- sternotribe — (of a flower) having contact with the sternum of an insect