10-letter words containing r, a, d, i, t
- stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- streamside — the land on the sides of a stream.
- strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- stromateid — any of numerous small marine fishes of the family Stromateidae, having a laterally compressed body and an expanded muscular esophagus, often lined with teeth.
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- tailorbird — any of several small Asian passerine birds, especially of the genus Orthotomus, that stitch leaves together to form and conceal their nests.
- talk dirty — use lewd sexual language
- talk radio — a radio format featuring talk shows and listener call-ins.
- tall drink — a beverage consisting of liquor and a sparkling soda, fruit juice, or the like, to which may be added other ingredients, served in a tall glass, usually with ice.
- tape drive — a program-controlled device that reads data from or writes data on a magnetic tape which moves past a read-write head.
- tapestried — furnished or covered with tapestries.
- taradiddle — a small lie; fib.
- tardigrade — Also called bear animalcule, water bear. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.
- tardy slip — a slip of paper given to students who are late for school
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- tax credit — reduction in tax owed
- taxidermic — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- tetraploid — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- thailander — Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- the lizard — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- thenardite — a mineral, sodium sulfate, Na 2 SO 4 , occurring in white crystals and masses, especially in salt lakes and arid regions.
- theravadin — Hinayanist.
- third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
- third mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the second mate.
- third rail — Railroads. a rail laid parallel and adjacent to the running rails of an electrified railroad to provide electric current to the motors of a car or locomotive through contact shoes. an additional running rail laid on the same ties as the two regular rails of a railroad track to provide a multigauge capability.
- third-rate — of the third rate, quality, or class.
- threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
- threadlike — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- tidal bore — an abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
- tidewaiter — a customs officer who checks goods upon a vessel's landing, to secure the payment of duties.
- tilt board — a seesaw.
- timberhead — the top end of a timber, rising above the deck and serving for belaying ropes.
- timberland — land covered with timber-producing forests.
- timberyard — an establishment where timber and sometimes other building materials are stored or sold
- time draft — a draft payable within a specified number of days after it is presented.
- titian red — reddish-gold, like the hair colour used in many of the works of Titian
- tomeraider — (application, file format) A cross-platform reference and e-book reader program and file format. TomeRaider files are highly compressed and cross-referenced. The reader displays the text and can follow the hypertext links embedded in the text.
- toroidally — in a toroidal manner
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- trade bill — a bill of exchange drawn on and accepted (trade acceptance) by a trader in payment for goods
- trade fair — exhibition by a particular industry
- trade wind — Also, trade winds. Also called trades. any of the nearly constant easterly winds that dominate most of the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
- traditores — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
- trafficked — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.