13-letter words containing o, e, s, t, r, i
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
- to be precise — You say 'to be precise' to indicate that you are giving more detailed or accurate information than you have just given.
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- toastmistress — a woman who presides at a dinner, introduces the after-dinner speakers, and often proposes toasts.
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- topoisomerase — any of a class of enzymes that control the coiling of DNA molecules
- torrens title — legal title to land based on record of registration rather than on title deeds
- torres strait — a strait between NE Australia and S New Guinea. 80 miles (130 km) wide.
- tortoise-core — Archaeology. a late Lower and Middle Paleolithic stone core characteristic of the Levalloisian tradition of toolmaking, having a rounded top and flattish bottom and prepared in advance to permit the removal of a single ellipsoid flake with one blow from a stone hammer.
- tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
- tract society — a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- train spotter — a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
- trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- transfrontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
- transistorize — to equip with or convert to a circuit employing transistors.
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
- triquetrously — from a triquetrous point of view
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- twitter storm — a message on the Twitter website which attracts a significant amount of attention from other Twitter users and may be picked up by mainstream media
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconstricted — to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- uncourtliness — the lack of courtliness
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unmeritorious — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- variety store — a retail store, as a five-and-ten, carrying a large variety of goods, especially low-priced articles.
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
- ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
- versification — the act of versifying.