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13-letter words containing d, a, t, l

  • three old cat — three-a-cat.
  • thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • time dilation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
  • timed-release — sustained-release.
  • tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
  • to end it all — If someone ends it all, they kill themselves.
  • 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.
  • toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
  • 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.
  • traction load — the solid material that is carried along the bed of a river
  • trade balance — balance of trade.
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • trade journal — periodical of a profession
  • trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
  • tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • traditionally — of or relating to tradition.
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
  • turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
  • tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
  • tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
  • ultra-radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
  • ultraorthodox — extremely or excessively orthodox, esp with regards to religion
  • ultrararefied — extremely rarefied
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • unaccelerated — to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.
  • unadulterated — not diluted or made impure by adulterating; pure: unadulterated maple syrup.
  • unarticulated — not articulated
  • unassimilated — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
  • uncapitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • uncentralized — to draw to or gather about a center.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • unconditional — not limited by conditions; absolute: an unconditional promise.
  • underinflated — lacking sufficient air pressure
  • undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
  • understatedly — in an understated manner
  • undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
  • undialectical — not dialectical; not resolving views; dogmatic
  • undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
  • undulationist — a subscriber to the theory that light is transmitted as waves
  • unestablished — not established.
  • unfacilitated — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
  • unilluminated — not lit up or bright with light
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