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14-letter words containing r, e, c, t, a, n

  • ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
  • teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • term insurance — an insurance policy that provides coverage for a limited period, the value payable only if a loss occurs within the term, with nothing payable upon its expiration.
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • the human race — mankind
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
  • the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
  • therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
  • tolerance zone — an designated area where prostitutes can work without being arrested
  • tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trade-in price — the price of a new article when a used article is given in part payment
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • traffic warden — officer who monitors parking, etc.
  • train sickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the motion of the train in which one is traveling.
  • transcendental — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
  • transcorporeal — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
  • transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
  • transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
  • transit circle — meridian circle.
  • transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
  • transparencies — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
  • transplacental — across or passing through the placenta.
  • transport café — an inexpensive eating place on a main route, used mainly by long-distance lorry drivers
  • transrectifier — a device, usually a vacuum tube, that provides transrectification.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
  • trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
  • turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
  • turnip cabbage — kohlrabi.
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • ultracompetent — extremely competent
  • ultraefficient — extremely or exceptionally efficient
  • ultraenergetic — (of particles) producing exceptional levels of energy
  • ultramasculine — extremely masculine
  • ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
  • un-depreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
  • unacculturated — (of a person or group) not acculturated or assimilated
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