13-letter words containing n, o, t, s, p
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- 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).
- train spotter — a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
- trainspotting — hobby: observing trains
- transcription — the act or process of transcribing.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- transpersonal — extending beyond or transcending the personal.
- transpiration — an action or instance of transpiring.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- transposition — an act of transposing.
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
- tympanoplasty — reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- under protest — having voiced objections; unwillingly
- unpostponable — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- unspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- unsupportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.
- vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- weapon system — a weapon and the components necessary to its proper function, such as targeting and guidance devices
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- west paterson — a town in NE New Jersey.
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- winter sports — Winter sports are sports that take place on ice or snow, for example skating and skiing.
- xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron
- zinjanthropus — the genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.