13-letter words containing n, e, p, t
- the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- three-pointer — Basketball. a field goal worth three points, made from behind a specified line (three-point line)
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
- tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- to keep going — If you keep going, you continue moving along or doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
- tone painting — musical description, by harmonic, melodic, or rhythmic means, of the words of a text or the story elements in program music.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- tracing paper — a thin, transparent paper for making tracings.
- traded option — an option that can itself be bought and sold on a stock exchange
- train spotter — a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
- transcriptase — RNA polymerase.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- transpersonal — extending beyond or transcending the personal.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- trapezohedron — Crystallography. a crystal form having all faces trapeziums.
- tread pattern — the pattern of grooves on a rubber tyre
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- triple-nerved — noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- tripping line — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- tropic-cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
- turning piece — a wooden pattern for an arch built without centering.
- two penn'orth — During a discussion about something, if you have your two penn'orth or put in your two penn'orth, you add your own opinion.
- twopenceworth — an unwanted or unsolicited idea or opinion
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- type specimen — an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
- tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
- unanticipated — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- unappreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- unappropriate — not appropriate or suitable
- uncapitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.