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13-letter words containing d, e, n, a, t

  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
  • thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
  • thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
  • time dilation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
  • tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
  • titanic oxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, TiO 2 , used chiefly in white pigments, plastics, ceramics, and for delustering synthetic fibers.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • to end it all — If someone ends it all, they kill themselves.
  • tom and jerry — a hot drink made of rum and water or milk, beaten eggs, spices, and sugar.
  • 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.
  • trade balance — balance of trade.
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • trade edition — an edition of a book for distribution through general bookstores.
  • trade journal — periodical of a profession
  • trade mission — commercial business trip
  • traded option — an option that can itself be bought and sold on a stock exchange
  • tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • trained nurse — graduate nurse.
  • 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.
  • transcendence — the quality or state of being transcendent.
  • transcendency — the quality or state of being transcendent.
  • transcendents — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
  • transfer desk — the place in an airport where you arrange a transfer from one flight to another
  • transgendered — transgender (defs 1, 2).
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • trapezohedron — Crystallography. a crystal form having all faces trapeziums.
  • tread pattern — the pattern of grooves on a rubber tyre
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • treaty indian — a status Indian who is a member of a group that has signed a treaty with the federal government.
  • trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
  • turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
  • tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
  • tyne and wear — a metropolitan county in N England.
  • ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
  • un-indicative — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
  • un-negotiated — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
  • unabbreviated — shortened; made briefer: The rain led to an abbreviated picnic.
  • unaccelerated — to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.
  • unadjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • unadulterated — not diluted or made impure by adulterating; pure: unadulterated maple syrup.
  • unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
  • unanticipated — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
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