14-letter words containing p, e, s, t
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- think positive — be optimistic
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- topic sentence — a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- transparencies — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transparentize — to make transparent
- transplacental — across or passing through the placenta.
- transplanetary — farther from the sun than a given planet.
- transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
- trapeze artist — a person who performs, especially professionally, on a trapeze.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
- 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.
- triple dresser — a dresser having three drawers across for most of its height.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- trouser pocket — a pocket in a pair of trousers
- trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- underrepresent — to give inadequate representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately low.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- unenterprising — lacking in business initiative
- unexpectedness — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unit separator — (character) (US) ASCII character 31.
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpleasantness — the quality or state of being unpleasant.
- unpleasantries — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise