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13-letter words containing r, a, t, o, u, i

  • subequatorial — of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subsaturation — the act or process of saturating.
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • summarization — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
  • suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
  • supercautious — very or extremely cautious
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
  • superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • supralittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.
  • supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
  • surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • tax authority — the official body that administers and collects a country's taxes
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
  • tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
  • thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
  • thurification — the act of incense-burning
  • tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
  • to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
  • to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
  • tour en l'air — a turn executed in the air.
  • tourist class — the least costly class of accommodations on regularly scheduled ships and airplanes. Compare third class (def 2).
  • touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • traffic court — a court that passes on alleged violations of traffic laws.
  • transfusional — of or relating to transfusion
  • transmountain — across or through a mountain or mountains
  • transmutation — the act or process of transmuting.
  • triangulation — a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
  • trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • trucial coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • trujillo alto — a city in NE Puerto Rico, SE of San Juan.
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • ultra-violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
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