12-letter words starting with t
- trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trichromatic — pertaining to the use or combination of three colors, as in printing or in color photography.
- trichuriasis — intestinal infestation with the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, producing nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea, common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trick riding — the performance of tricks on horseback
- trickishness — the quality of being crafty
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- tricorporate — having three bodies
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- trifoliolate — having three leaflets, as a compound leaf.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
- triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- trigonometer — any of various instruments used in trigonometry
- trigonometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles, and the calculations based on them.
- trigrammatic — relating to a trigram
- trillionaire — a person whose assets are worth over a trillion of the monetary units of his or her country
- trimethoprim — a synthetic crystalline compound, C 11 H 18 N 4 O 3 , usually combined with a sulfonamide as an antibiotic preparation in the treatment of urinary tract infections and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- trimethylene — cyclopropane.
- trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- trinacriform — three-pronged
- trinity term — the summer term at the Inns of Court and some educational establishments
- trinomialism — the trinomial system of naming
- trinomialist — a person who advocates trinomialism
- tripartition — division into three parts.
- triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
- triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
- triple cream — a fresh, soft cheese of France, containing at least 72 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- triple point — the particular temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a given substance are all at equilibrium with one another.
- triple rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- triple voile — a lightweight, sheer voile of silk or synthetic fibers constructed in plain or novelty weaves.
- triple-digit — being in the hundreds or in a figure or amount from 100 through 999: triple-digit budget figures.
- triple-space — to type (copy) so as to leave two full spaces between lines
- tripolitania — Also, Tripolitania [trip-uh-li-tey-nee-uh, -teyn-yuh; Italian tree-paw-lee-tah-nyah] /ˌtrɪp ə lɪˈteɪ ni ə, -ˈteɪn yə; Italian ˌtri pɔ liˈtɑ nyɑ/ (Show IPA). one of the former Barbary States of N Africa: later a province of Turkey; now a part of Libya.
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- trismegistus — Hermes Trismegistus.
- triticalness — a trite quality or character
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- triunitarian — Trinitarian.
- trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
- trivialities — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- trochanteric — belonging or relating to a trochanter
- trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled