13-letter words containing a, t, r, e, u
- tahrir square — a large square in central Cairo, in Egypt. The name, meaning ‘liberation’, was used informally after the 1919 revolution and then officially after the 1952 revolution. Scene of mass demonstrations in 2011 against the government of president Hosni Mubarak
- take measures — act, do sth practical
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tartare sauce — a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.
- telluric acid — a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H 6 TeO 6 , slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- 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.
- ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
- terbium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the cerium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
- texas leaguer — a pop fly that falls safely between converging infielders and outfielders.
- texture paint — a finish paint having an insoluble additive, as sand, for giving a slightly rough textural effect.
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the upper arm — the part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow
- therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
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- thoroughbrace — either of two strong leather straps upon which the body of certain types of carriage is supported
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- three-quarter — consisting of or involving three quarters of a whole or of the usual length: a blouse with a three-quarter sleeve.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
- to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- tour en l'air — a turn executed in the air.
- tour operator — agent organizing package holidays
- tracer bullet — a bullet containing a tracer.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer
- trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
- trade journal — periodical of a profession
- trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- trained nurse — graduate nurse.
- tranquillizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transmutative — the act or process of transmuting.
- trauma center — a hospital or medical center equipped to treat victims of trauma.
- traverse jury — petty jury.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- treasure hunt — a game in which each person or team attempts to be first in finding something that has been hidden, using written directions or clues.
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.