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16-letter words containing l, a, t, o, s, i

  • trail one's coat — to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviour
  • transcontinental — passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
  • transculturation — acculturation.
  • transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
  • transformational — the act or process of transforming.
  • transilluminator — to cause light to pass through.
  • transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
  • transnationalism — going beyond national boundaries or interests: a transnational economy.
  • transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
  • trial separation — an experimental period of living apart
  • trim one's sails — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
  • triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
  • two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
  • two-tailed pasha — a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges
  • typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
  • ultramicroscopic — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • ultranationalism — extreme devotion to or advocacy of the interests of a nation, especially regardless of the effect on any other nations.
  • ultranationalist — an advocate of ultranationalism.
  • unconstitutional — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
  • vitruvian scroll — a scroll forming a stylized wave pattern.
  • white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
  • world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.
  • yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them
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