14-letter words containing d, i, a, t
- thick and thin — all manner of difficulties
- third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- time and again — frequently
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- to have had it — If you say that someone has had it, you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding.
- to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- to windward of — advantageously situated with respect to
- toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
- tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
- tooth and nail — with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- tracking radar — a radar system emitting a narrow beam which oscillates about the target, thus compensating for abrupt changes of direction
- tractor driver — a person who drives a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester
- trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
- trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- trading estate — industrial area
- trading nation — a nation that trades with other countries
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
- traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
- traffic-jammed — jam1 (def 16).
- transdniestria — Transnistria
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- transistorized — (of a device) equipped with a transistor
- transom window — a window divided by a transom.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trial division — trial department
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- tricyanic acid — cyanuric acid.
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- tried and true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- tried-and-true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- trinity sunday — the Sunday after Pentecost, observed as a festival in honor of the Trinity.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)