13-letter words containing d, o, i, t, r
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- the high road — the principal road from one place to another
- 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
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- 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.
- 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.
- thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- traction load — the solid material that is carried along the bed of a river
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper
- 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
- trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
- traditionally — of or relating to tradition.
- tricorporated — having three bodies and one head
- 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.
- triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconstricted — to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- uncoordinated — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underreaction — to react with less than the expected or appropriate emotion.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- undoctrinaire — a person who does not subscribe to a particular doctrine or theory; a free thinker
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- untraditional — of or relating to tradition.
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
- victoria land — a region in Antarctica, bordering on the Ross Sea, mainly in Ross Dependency.