11-letter words starting with t
- teletheater — an off-track betting facility in which horse races are viewed on television.
- teletherapy — treatment in which the source of therapy is some distance from the body, as certain radiation therapies.
- televiewing — the act of watching television
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- tell a tale — to reveal something important
- telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
- telluretted — (of a compound) combined with tellurium
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
- telukbetung — a port on SE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- temerarious — reckless; rash.
- temperament — the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.
- temperately — moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge.
- temperative — having a mitigating quality
- temperature — a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal equilibrium.
- tempestuous — stormy, tumultuous
- temple city — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- tempolabile — changing irregularly with time
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- temporizing — an agreement for a limited period of time
- temptatious — enticing or illicitly desirable
- ten o'clock — 10 A.M., 1100 hours
- ten's place — ten (def 6).
- ten-wheeler — a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck.
- tena koutou — a Māori greeting to two or more people
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tendentious — having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a tendentious novel.
- tenebrionid — darkling beetle.
- tengri khan — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan Mountains. About 23,950 feet (7300 meters).
- tennis ball — a hollow ball used in tennis, made of rubber with a fuzzy covering of woven Dacron, nylon, or wool.
- tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
- tennis shoe — a sports shoe with a rubber sole (usually pebbled) and a stitched canvas upper that laces over the instep.
- tennysonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Tennyson or his writings.
- tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
- tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
- tensiometer — an instrument for measuring longitudinal stress in wires, structural beams, etc.
- tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
- tensionally — in a tensional manner
- tensionless — the act of stretching or straining.
- tent circus — a circus performed in tents rather than in an arena.
- tent stitch — a short, slanting stitch used in embroidery. Compare gros point (def 1), petit point (def 1).
- tentaculate — having tentacles
- tentaculite — a fossil of the genus Tentaculites
- tentatively — of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
- tented arch — a particular arch-like pattern in a fingerprint
- tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
- tenth grade — (in the US) the tenth year of school, when students are 15 or 16 years old
- tentiginous — relating to feelings of lust