13-letter words containing d, o, t, l, e
- thiabendazole — a drug used as an antifungal treatment and as an anthelmintic
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- three old cat — three-a-cat.
- threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- time dilation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- to end it all — If someone ends it all, they kill themselves.
- toile de jouy — a cotton or linen fabric characterized by monochromatic prints on a light background.
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
- tout le monde — all the world; everyone
- 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 council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade journal — periodical of a profession
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- 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.
- trolley dolly — a female flight attendant
- trous-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
- 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.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- un-convoluted — twisted; coiled.
- 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.
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- under control — being managed
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unmetabolized — not metabolized
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
- unrecollected — not remembered or recalled
- unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- village idiot — someone who is well known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour
- volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- volta redonda — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- votive candle — religion: candle lit in prayer
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells