12-letter words starting with tr
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- troposcatter — the scattering or extended propagation of radio signals using the local irregularities in the Earth's troposphere
- trou-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- trouble spot — an area in which trouble exists or is expected to develop: There are several diplomatic trouble spots in Central America.
- trouble-free — not problematic
- trouble-torn — afflicted with trouble, disorder or unrest
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- troubleproof — not easily disturbed, disabled, injured, or put out of working order.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- trouser suit — pantsuit.
- trout stream — a stream in which trout live and which is a good source for catching trout
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- truck camper — a type of camper designed to be mounted on a pickup truck.
- truck driver — sb employed to drive a lorry
- truck jobber — a jobber or wholesaler who makes calls carrying goods on a truck, thereby being able to take and deliver orders on the same call.
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- truck system — the system of paying wages in goods instead of money.
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- true colours — If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
- true to form — typical
- true to life — realistic
- true-hearted — faithful and loyal
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- trumpet call — a blast made by a trumpet that serves as a summons or call
- trumpet vine — trumpet creeper.
- trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
- trumpet-tree — a tropical American tree, Cecropia peltata, of the mulberry family, having hollow, jointed stems and branches used in making certain wind instruments.
- trunk engine — an engine having a trunk piston or pistons.
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
- trustability — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- trustafarian — a young person from a wealthy background whose trust fund enables him or her to eschew conventional attitudes to work, dress, drug taking, etc
- trustfulness — full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding: a trustful friend.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- trysail mast — a small auxiliary mast fastened just abaft the mainmast or foremast of a sailing vessel.