10-letter words containing a, d, r, t
- trade fair — exhibition by a particular industry
- trade name — brand name, proprietary name
- trade show — show (def 22).
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- trade-last — Informal Older Use. a compliment that one has heard and that one offers to tell the person so complimented under the condition that that person will first report a compliment made about oneself. Abbreviation: T.L.
- trade-name — to designate with or register under a trade name.
- tradecraft — the skills learned from experience in a trade, often used to refer to the skills spies use to avoid being detected
- tradescant — John. 1570–1638, English botanist and gardener to Charles I. He introduced many plants from overseas into Britain
- traditores — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
- trafficked — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- trail herd — a herd of cattle driven along a trail, especially from their home range to market.
- trailboard — an ornamented board extending on each side of the bow of a vessel from a figurehead or the like to abaft the hawse.
- transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
- transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
- transected — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transfixed — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- translucid — translucent.
- transpired — to occur; happen; take place.
- transudate — the act or process of transuding.
- treillaged — fitted with treillage, trelliswork
- tremolando — (of a piece of music) to be played with tremulous effect
- triandrian — with three stamens
- triapsidal — having three apses.
- tridentate — having three teeth or toothlike parts or processes.
- triffidian — resembling a triffid
- trihydrate — a hydrate that contains three molecules of water, as potassium pyrophosphate, K 4 P 2 O 7 ⋅3H 2 O.
- trilobated — having three lobes
- tripudiary — pertaining to dancing
- tripudiate — to dance for joy
- triradiate — having three rays or raylike processes.
- trivandrum — a city in and the capital of Kerala state, in S India: Vishnu pilgrimage center.
- trochoidal — like, arranged or in the form of a trochoid, or belonging or relating to trochoids
- troubadour — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
- trunk road — A trunk road is a major road that has been specially built for travelling long distances. A trunk road is not as wide or as fast as a motorway.
- tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
- turbinated — shaped like a top
- turn heads — to be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive as to attract a lot of attention
- turnaround — the total time consumed in the round trip of a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.
- turtlehead — any of several North American plants belonging to the genus Chelone, of the figwort family, having opposite, serrated leaves and spikes of purple or white, two-lipped flowers.
- two-hander — a play for two actors
- tyrannized — to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively (often followed by over).
- ultradense — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
- ultrarapid — extraordinarily quick or fast
- ultrasound — Physics. sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing.
- ultrasuede — a synthetic fabric much like suede, used for clothes, upholstery, etc.
- unarrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- unasserted — resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged: The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.