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13-letter words containing a, l, d, o, t

  • tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
  • tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the last word — final retort
  • thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
  • three old cat — three-a-cat.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • time dilation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
  • to end it all — If someone ends it all, they kill themselves.
  • to play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
  • toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
  • townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
  • traction load — the solid material that is carried along the bed of a river
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • trade journal — periodical of a profession
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • traditionally — of or relating to tradition.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
  • ultraorthodox — extremely or excessively orthodox, esp with regards to religion
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • unconditional — not limited by conditions; absolute: an unconditional promise.
  • undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
  • undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • undulationist — a subscriber to the theory that light is transmitted as waves
  • unmetabolised — not metabolised
  • unmetabolized — not metabolized
  • unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
  • unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
  • untraditional — of or relating to tradition.
  • upland cotton — a plant, Gossypium hirsutum, of warm regions of the New World, that is the chief commercial cotton crop in the U.S.
  • valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
  • valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
  • vandalization — an act of vandalizing
  • velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
  • victoria land — a region in Antarctica, bordering on the Ross Sea, mainly in Ross Dependency.
  • victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
  • village idiot — someone who is well known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour
  • vindicatorily — in a vindicatory manner
  • volta redonda — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
  • votive candle — religion: candle lit in prayer
  • walk with god — to lead a godly, morally upright life
  • wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
  • water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
  • waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
  • well-assorted — properly matched and suited to one another
  • well-operated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • wild bergamot — a plant, Monarda fistulosa, of the mint family, native to eastern North America, having a rounded cluster of lilac-colored or purple flowers, growing in dry places.
  • wolffian duct — a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females.
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