14-letter words containing l, e, t, i, r, p
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- superstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
- tailgate party — A tailgate party is a social gathering at which food is served from or near a vehicle, especially in a parking lot before a sports game.
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- teletypewriter — a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY.
- terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
- three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- training plane — a plane used for training pilots, esp in the military
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tripelennamine — a white, crystalline, antihistamine, C 16 H 21 N 3 , used for the treatment of allergic disorders.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- tripersonalist — someone who believes in the Trinity
- tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
- triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
- triple dresser — a dresser having three drawers across for most of its height.
- triple entente — an informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia based on a Franco-Russian military alliance (1894), an Anglo-French entente (1904), and an Anglo-Russian entente (1907). It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance but was terminated when the Bolsheviks came into control in Russia in 1917.
- triple glazing — three layers of glass in windows or doors
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- ultracrepidate — to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond one's sphere of knowledge
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpleasantries — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- unpretendingly — without pretence
- unspiritualize — to deprive of spiritual qualities
- unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- utility player — a player who is capable of playing competently in any of several positions
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- wall pellitory — pellitory (sense 1)
- water plantain — any of several marsh plants of the genus Alisma, esp A. plantago-aquatica, of N temperate regions and Australia, having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed leaves: family Alismataceae
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.