14-letter words containing p, e, a, r, l, t
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telegraph pole — A telegraph pole is a tall wooden pole with telephone wires attached to it, connecting several different buildings to the telephone system.
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- telephotograph — a photograph taken with a telephoto lens.
- telex operator — a person who sends messages by telex
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- temple terrace — a town in W Florida.
- terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- three-act play — a dramatic production such as play or film which is divided into three acts or sections
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- training plane — a plane used for training pilots, esp in the military
- transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- transplacental — across or passing through the placenta.
- transplanetary — farther from the sun than a given planet.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tripelennamine — a white, crystalline, antihistamine, C 16 H 21 N 3 , used for the treatment of allergic disorders.
- 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.
- triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
- triple glazing — three layers of glass in windows or doors
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trumpet player — a person who plays the trumpet
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultracrepidate — to go beyond one's scope or province, esp to criticize beyond one's sphere of knowledge
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- umbrella plant — an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem.
- underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpleasantries — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- unrecapturable — not able to be recaptured or brought back
- unspiritualize — to deprive of spiritual qualities
- unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- utility player — a player who is capable of playing competently in any of several positions
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects