13-letter words containing a, n, i
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- treaty indian — a status Indian who is a member of a group that has signed a treaty with the federal government.
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- trial balance — a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
- trial balloon — a statement, program, or the like issued publicly as a means of determining reactions in advance: The speech was a trial balloon for a new law.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- triangularity — pertaining to or having the form of a triangle; three-cornered.
- triangulation — a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
- tributariness — the state of being tributary
- tricentennial — pertaining to 300 years or a period of 300 years.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- trilateration — a method of determining the relative positions of three or more points by treating these points as vertices of a triangle or triangles of which the angles and sides can be measured.
- trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
- tripolitanian — of or relating to Tripolitania (now part of Libya) or its inhabitants
- tromba marina — trumpet marine.
- tropic-cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- trotting race — a horse race using trotters.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tsinling shan — a mountain range in central China: highest peak over 12,000 feet (3660 meters).
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
- tungstic acid — a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
- turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- tussiculation — a hacking cough.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- two of a kind — two similar people or things
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
- tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- uillean pipes — bagpipes developed in Ireland and operated by squeezing bellows under the arm
- ultra-violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- ultrafeminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultramilitant — extremely or excessively militant
- ultrarational — extremely rational
- ultraromantic — extremely romantic
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
- un-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- un-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- un-indicative — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- un-negotiated — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- unabbreviated — shortened; made briefer: The rain led to an abbreviated picnic.
- unaccompanied — not accompanied; alone: The shipment arrived unaccompanied by an invoice.
- unadjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.