14-letter words containing n, o, a, l, i, t
- to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
- toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
- tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- tooth and nail — with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.
- topicalization — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- total fighting — a combat sport in which very few restrictions are placed on the type of blows or tactics that may be used
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- transmissional — possessing the quality of transmitting or being transmitted
- transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
- transvaluation — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
- trial attorney — a lawyer who is involved in court cases
- trial division — trial department
- triconsonantal — having three consonants
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
- 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.
- tripolitan war — a war (1801–05) that Tripoli declared on the United States because of American refusal to pay tribute for the safe passage of shipping in Barbary Coastal waters.
- trivialization — to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
- ultra-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- unconciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- unconventional — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
- unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
- unproportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
- unquestionable — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unrationalized — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.