13-letter words containing m, e, t, a, c
- telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
- telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- the archenemy — the devil
- the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
- the-alchemist — a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson.
- the-decameron — a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio.
- theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermostatics — the branch of science concerned with thermal equilibrium
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- thioacetamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 2 H 5 NS, used chiefly in analytical chemistry as a source of hydrogen sulfide.
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- time constant — the time required for a changing quantity in a circuit, as voltage or current, to rise or fall approximately 0.632 of the difference between its old and new value after an impulse has been applied that induces such a change: equal in seconds to the inductance of the circuit in henries divided by its resistance in ohms.
- to come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- trace element — any element that is required in minute quantities for physiological functioning.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- transmittance — Physics. the ratio of the radiant flux transmitted through and emerging from a body to the total flux incident on it: equivalent to one minus the absorptance.
- trauma center — a hospital or medical center equipped to treat victims of trauma.
- trench mortar — a portable, muzzle-loaded mortar, usually having a smooth bore, fired at high angles of elevation to reach concealed enemy targets.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncompletable — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- unconsummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unemancipated — not constrained or restricted by custom, tradition, superstition, etc.: a modern, emancipated woman.
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unsymmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- vacuum bottle — a bottle or flask having a vacuum liner that prevents the escape of heat from hot contents, usually liquids, or the entrance of heat into cold contents; thermos.
- vacuum filter — A vacuum filter is a filter in which the liquid passes through more easily because of a vacuum on the liquid output side.
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- watch meeting — a religious meeting or service on watch night, terminating on the arrival of the new year.
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
- wine merchant — a person or organization engaged in the buying and selling of large quantities of wine