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13-letter words containing g, e, t, a, l

  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • tangent plane — tangent (def 4).
  • tangentiality — pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • 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.
  • telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
  • telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
  • telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
  • temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
  • texas leaguer — a pop fly that falls safely between converging infielders and outfielders.
  • the big apple — New York City
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
  • theologically — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • thong leather — whang2 (def 2).
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
  • title catalog — a catalog whose entries are listed by title only.
  • to loom large — If something, especially a problem or worry looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
  • tone language — a language, as Swedish, Chinese, Yoruba, or Serbo-Croatian, in which words that are otherwise phonologically identical are distinguished by having different pitches or pitch contour.
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
  • tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
  • 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.
  • ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
  • unbenignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
  • uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
  • unfalteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • unforgettable — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
  • unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
  • ungentlemanly — not courteous or chivalrous
  • uniflagellate — having only one flagellum.
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