13-letter words containing a, p, e, l, t
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- suspercollate — to hang
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tangent plane — tangent (def 4).
- tapsal-teerie — topsy-turvy.
- tattie-peelin — (esp of speech) highfalutin, affected, or pretentious
- tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
- technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
- telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
- teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- temperamental — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- terephthalate — a salt or ester of terephthalic acid.
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- the big apple — New York City
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
- the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
- the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
- the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the-big-apple — New York City.
- therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermal paper — heat-sensitive paper that is impregnated with a chemical; it is used in thermal printers
- thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- 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.