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14-letter words containing l, i, t, e, o

  • superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
  • superinflation — hyperinflation.
  • superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
  • susceptible to — liable to
  • swallow-tailed — having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
  • tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
  • table mountain — a mountain in the Republic of South Africa, near Cape Town. 3550 feet (1080 meters).
  • tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
  • tatterdemalion — a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • technothriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
  • teleconnection — a connection via telephone or television
  • telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
  • telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
  • telephone line — phone connection
  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
  • telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
  • television set — appliance that receives tv signals
  • tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
  • telomerization — polymerization in the presence of a chain transfer agent to yield a series of products of low molecular weight
  • tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
  • territoriality — territorial quality, condition, or status.
  • territorialize — to extend by adding new territory.
  • tertiary color — a color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors.
  • testimonialize — to honor (someone) by giving or doing something testimonial.
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • the footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
  • the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
  • the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
  • the royal mail — the national postal service of the United Kingdom
  • the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
  • theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
  • theriogenology — the branch of veterinary medicine encompassing all aspects of reproduction.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
  • thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
  • thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
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