12-letter words starting with tr
- 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
- trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
- troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
- trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
- trojan horse — Classical Mythology. a gigantic hollow wooden horse, left by the Greeks upon their pretended abandonment of the siege of Troy. The Trojans took it into Troy and Greek soldiers concealed in the horse opened the gates to the Greek army at night and conquered the city.
- trojan women — a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides.
- trolley line — the route of a trolley car or trolley bus.
- trolley pole — a pole that transfers the electrical current from the overhead wire to the trolley bus
- trolley wire — an overhead wire that provides the current required for the trolleys of electric vehicles
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- tronc master — a person who distributes pooled tips and service charges to waiters, waitresses, hotel workers etc.
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
- trophobiosis — the exchange of nourishment between organisms in a symbiotic relationship
- trophobiotic — involving, belonging or relating to trophobiosis
- trophotactic — of or relating to trophotaxis
- trophotropic — of or relating to trophotropism
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.