13-letter words containing d, e, n, t, i
- task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
- tax avoidance — Tax avoidance is the use of legal methods to pay the smallest possible amount of tax.
- tax deduction — an expenditure that is deducted from taxable income.
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- teledildonics — a technology supposedly enabling two or more people to engage in sexual activity remotely
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- tender-minded — compassionate and idealistic.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
- the decencies — those things that are considered necessary for a decent life
- the ediacaran — the Ediacaran period or rock system
- the headlines — the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
- the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
- the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
- 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.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- thomas edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- time dilation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- time discount — a discount allowed for payment of an invoice or bill before it falls due.
- time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- timing device — a device that can be set to detonate a bomb at a particular time
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- tinker's weed — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- 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.
- to one's mind — in one's opinion
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade edition — an edition of a book for distribution through general bookstores.
- 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.
- treaty indian — a status Indian who is a member of a group that has signed a treaty with the federal government.
- trend-setting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
- trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.