13-letter words containing m, e, r, l
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
- thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
- timber beetle — bark beetle.
- time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
- timed-release — sustained-release.
- to loom large — If something, especially a problem or worry looms large, it occupies a lot of your thoughts and seems important.
- toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- trace element — any element that is required in minute quantities for physiological functioning.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- trilateralism — the policy or practice of maintaining relations and cooperation between three groups, nations, or regions.
- triliteralism — the characteristic presence of triliteral roots in a language, as in the Semitic languages.
- triple jumper — a person who takes part in the triple jump
- triple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.
- trompe l'oeil — visual deception, especially in paintings, in which objects are rendered in extremely fine detail emphasizing the illusion of tactile and spatial qualities.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- ultrafeminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
- umbrella bird — any of several large trogons of the genus Cephalopterus, of Central and South America, as C. ornatus, having an umbrellalike crest above the head.
- umbrella leaf — a rare, large-leaved perennial herb, Diphylleia cymosa, of the southeastern U.S., having white flowers and small, blue berries.
- umbrella palm — an Australian feather palm, Hedyscepe canterburyana, characterized by the umbrellalike manner of growth of its leaves.
- umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
- umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
- umbrella tent — a small tent with a metal frame consisting of ribs that radiate from a single supporting pole.
- umbrella tree — an American magnolia, Magnolia tripetala, having large leaves in umbrellalike clusters.
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unconformable — not conformable; not conforming.
- underclassman — a freshman or sophomore in a secondary school or college.
- underemployed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- unicameralism — consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly.
- unilateralism — the advocacy or pursuit of a unilateral policy, especially in disarmament.
- unimpressible — not capable of being or willing to be impressed
- unministerial — not befitting a minister, esp relating to a head of a government department
- unperformable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- unpermissible — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!