13-letter words containing l, e, t, d, r
- thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
- three old cat — three-a-cat.
- threefoldness — the state or condition of being threefold
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
- timed-release — sustained-release.
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- trade balance — balance of trade.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade journal — periodical of a profession
- trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- 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-decker — three-decker (defs 3, 4).
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
- triple-nerved — noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
- 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.
- turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
- twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
- twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
- tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
- ultrararefied — extremely rarefied
- ultrawideband — a transmission technique using a very wide spectrum of frequencies that enables high-speed transfer of data
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unaccelerated — to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.
- unadulterated — not diluted or made impure by adulterating; pure: unadulterated maple syrup.
- unarticulated — not articulated
- uncentralized — to draw to or gather about a center.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- under control — being managed
- under the lee — towards the lee
- under-utilize — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underinflated — lacking sufficient air pressure
- undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- understatedly — in an understated manner
- underutilised — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- underutilized — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- undisturbedly — in an undisturbed manner