13-letter words containing a, u, t, o
- supralittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.
- supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- suspercollate — to hang
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tap loop jump — a jump in which the skater takes off from the back outer edge of one skate, makes one full rotation in the air, and lands on the back outer edge of the same skate.
- taunton deane — a city in Somersetshire, in SW England.
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
- tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
- tax authority — the official body that administers and collects a country's taxes
- tax deduction — an expenditure that is deducted from taxable income.
- te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
- tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
- 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.
- tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- 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.
- that's enough — You say 'that's enough' to tell someone, especially a child, to stop behaving in a silly, noisy, or unpleasant way.
- thaumatolatry — the worship of or excessive admiration for marvels and miracles
- the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
- the southeast — the southeastern part of Britain, esp the London area
- the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
- there you are — an expression used when handing a person something requested or desired
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
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- thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
- thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
- thorough bass — figured bass.
- 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.
- thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- 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.
- to bust a gut — To bust a gut means to work very hard trying to achieve something.
- to play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.