13-letter words containing p, i, s, t
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
- the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the potteries — a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
- thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thigmotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to mechanical contact, as a plant tendril coiling around a string support.
- thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
- 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.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- 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 go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
- 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
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- 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).
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- toxoplasmosis — infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces: the illness produced is usually mild, but in pregnant women may damage the fetus.
- trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer
- trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
- train spotter — a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
- training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
- trainspotting — hobby: observing trains
- transcriptase — RNA polymerase.
- transcription — the act or process of transcribing.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- transpiration — an action or instance of transpiring.
- transposition — an act of transposing.
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects