13-letter words containing a, c, s, e, o
- tectosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
- testification — the act of testifying or giving testimony.
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
- the ascension — the bodily ascent of Jesus into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection: Acts 1:9
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermostatics — the branch of science concerned with thermal equilibrium
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- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thoracenteses — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- time constant — the time required for a changing quantity in a circuit, as voltage or current, to rise or fall approximately 0.632 of the difference between its old and new value after an impulse has been applied that induces such a change: equal in seconds to the inductance of the circuit in henries divided by its resistance in ohms.
- to one's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- tract society — a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.
- trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconsummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- uncontestable — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unencompassed — to form a circle about; encircle; surround: He built a moat to encompass the castle.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unstercorated — not stercorated or covered in dung
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- varicose vein — Varicose veins are swollen and painful veins in a person's legs, which sometimes require a medical operation.
- veraciousness — characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- vicariousness — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- videocassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.