11-letter words starting with t
- technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobe — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- tectibranch — a mollusc of the suborder Tectibranchia (or Tectibranchiata) (order: Opisthobranchia) which includes the sea slugs and sea hares
- tediousness — marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
- teemingness — the state, fact, or quality of being teeming with; fruitfulness
- teeny-weeny — tiny; small.
- teenybopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- teeterboard — a seesaw; teeter.
- teeth-ridge — alveolar ridge.
- teetotaling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
- teetotalism — the principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
- teetotaller — a person who abstains totally from intoxicating drink.
- tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- tegumentary — a covering or vestment; integument.
- tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
- telanaipura — former name of Jambi (def 2).
- tele-ported — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
- telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
- telecommand — the remote control of electronic devices
- telecommute — to engage in telecommuting.
- telecontrol — the remote control of electronic devices
- telecottage — a communal workplace, situated in a rural area, which contains computers and other facilities linked into a communications network, thereby enabling people to work from remote locations
- telefeature — a major dramatic television film, usually of a length comparable to a theatrical feature film.
- téléférique — a cableway
- telegraphed — an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
- telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
- telekinesis — psychokinesis.
- telekinetic — psychokinesis.
- telemessage — a message sent by telephone or telex and delivered in printed form; in Britain, it has replaced the telegram
- teleologist — the doctrine that final causes exist.
- telepathist — a student of or believer in telepathy.
- telepathize — to communicate with by telepathy.
- telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- teleprinter — a teletypewriter.
- teles pires — a river in central Brazil, flowing NW to the Tapajos River. 600 miles (965 km) long.
- telescience — the investigation of remotely controlled scientific experiments
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- telesterion — (in ancient Greece) a building in which religious mysteries were celebrated.
- telesthesia — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
- telesthetic — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
- telesurgery — surgical operations carried out by a surgeon in a distant place by means of a computer or satellite link and robotic instruments