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13-letter words containing e, o, l, i, c

  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
  • sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
  • symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • tectosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
  • tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
  • telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
  • 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
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the neolithic — the Neolithic period; New Stone Age
  • the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
  • the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
  • theologically — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
  • thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
  • title catalog — a catalog whose entries are listed by title only.
  • to come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
  • toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
  • tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
  • total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
  • triboelectric — electricity generated by friction.
  • trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
  • trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
  • tropical year — year (def 4b).
  • tropical zone — Torrid Zone
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • tweet-a-holic — a person who is addicted to the Twitter website
  • type locality — Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
  • ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
  • un-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
  • un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
  • uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
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