16-letter words containing a, t, e, l, i, r
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
- three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
- tierra del fuego — a group of islands at the S tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: jointly owned by Argentina and Chile; boundary disputed. 27,476 sq. mi. (71,165 sq. km).
- tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
- tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
- to blaze a trail — If someone blazes a trail, they discover or develop something new.
- to clear the air — If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
- to draw the line — If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.
- to lift a finger — If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing.
- to play for time — If you play for time, you try to make something happen more slowly, because you do not want it to happen or because you need time to think about what to do if it happens.
- topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
- torricelli's law — the law that states that the speed of flow of a liquid from an orifice is equal to the speed that it would attain if falling freely a distance equal to the height of the free surface of the liquid above the orifice.
- torvill and dean — two British ice dancers, Jayne Torvill, born 1957, and Christopher Dean, born 1958. They won the world championships in 1981–84, the European championships in 1981–82, 1984, and 1994, and the gold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games
- tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
- trail one's coat — to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviour
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- transalpine gaul — an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- transcontinental — passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
- transcrystalline — situated within or passing through the crystals of a substance.
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
- trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
- travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- tray agriculture — hydroponics.
- trial separation — an experimental period of living apart
- triangular trade — American History. a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the African Gold Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trigeminal nerve — of or relating to the trigeminal nerve.
- trim one's sails — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- triphenylmethane — a colorless, crystalline, solid compound containing three benzene rings, C 19 H 16 , from which many dyes are derived.
- triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
- tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
- turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
- tuxtla gutierrez — a state in S Mexico. 28,732 sq. mi. (74,415 sq. km). Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
- twin-lens camera — a camera having two separately mounted lenses coordinated to eliminate parallax errors or for making stereoscopic photographs.
- ultra-liberalism — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
- ultracrepidarian — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
- ultraminiaturize — to reduce to an ultraminiature size or scale.
- uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
- uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- under-modulation — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- undercapitalized — having insufficient capital for the efficient operation of a commercial enterprise
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- underutilization — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- undifferentiable — capable of being differentiated.
- unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.