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12-letter words starting with t

  • tetrapyrrole — a chemical formed from four pyrrole rings
  • tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four
  • tetrodotoxin — a neurotoxin, C 11 H 17 N 3 O 3 , occurring in a species of puffer fish: ingestion of the toxin is usually rapidly fatal due to heart failure or asphyxiation; used experimentally to block impulse conduction potential in excitable cells.
  • teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
  • texas ranger — a member of the Texas state police force or, especially formerly, of the mounted state police.
  • text edition — that edition of a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
  • text message — an electronic message sent over a cellular network from one cell phone to another by typing words, often in shortened form, as “l8t” for “late,” on the phone's numeric or QWERTY keypad.
  • tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
  • thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • thalassocrat — a nation that has dominion over the seas.
  • thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
  • thank kindly — to thank heartily
  • thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
  • thanks a lot — thank you
  • thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
  • that is that — You use that's that to say there is nothing more you can do or say about a particular matter.
  • that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
  • that's right — that is correct
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
  • thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • the alliance — the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party acting or regarded as a political entity from 1981 to 1988
  • the almighty — God
  • the analects — a collection of Confucius' teachings
  • the ancients — the people who lived in ancient times
  • the antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean
  • the ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
  • the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
  • the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
  • the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
  • the big city — a city viewed as a place of opportunity compared to small towns or the country
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the big time — great success or fame
  • the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
  • the cenozoic — the Cenozoic era
  • the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
  • the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
  • the creature — whiskey or other intoxicating liquor
  • the crescent — the emblem of Islam or Turkey
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