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13-letter words containing a, s, c, e, t

  • synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • systematician — a person who adheres to, or creates, a system
  • tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
  • take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
  • take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
  • tartare sauce — a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.
  • tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
  • tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
  • teachableness — the quality or condition of being teachable
  • teacher's pet — a pupil who is a favorite of a teacher.
  • 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.
  • telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
  • telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
  • tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
  • 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 franchise — the right to vote, esp for representatives in a legislative body; suffrage
  • the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
  • the necessary — the money required for a particular purpose
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
  • the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
  • 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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  • thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
  • 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.
  • train service — provision of railway transport
  • trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
  • transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
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