10-letter words containing r, e, l, t, o
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- tetrathlon — a contest featuring four sporting disciplines
- thermology — the study or science of heat
- thermopile — a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- three-fold — a unit of stage scenery consisting of three flats hinged together.
- tidal bore — an abrupt rise of tidal water moving rapidly inland from the mouth of an estuary.
- tile forth — (language) A Forth interpreter in C for Unix by Mikael Patel <[email protected]>. TILE Forth comes with many Forth libraries. It conforms to the Forth83 standard and is distributed under GPL. Availalbe via FTP from a GNU archive site.
- title role — (in a play, opera, etc.) the role or character from which the title is derived: She sang the title role in Carmen.
- tocherless — without dowry or tocher
- tocopherol — one of several alcohols that constitute the dietary factor known as vitamin E, occurring in wheat-germ oil, lettuce or spinach leaves, egg yolk, etc.
- togolander — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.
- toiletries — any article or preparation used in cleaning or grooming oneself, as soap or deodorant.
- tolerantly — inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.
- toleration — an act or instance of tolerating, especially of what is not actually approved; forbearance: to show toleration toward the protesters.
- tolerative — to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- tollbridge — a bridge where tolls are collected
- tollkeeper — the collector at a tollgate.
- tolu resin — tolu.
- tomfoolery — foolish or silly behavior; tomfoolishness.
- tone color — tone quality; timbre.
- tool maker — a person who specializes in the production or reconditioning of precision tools, cutters, etc
- tool-maker — a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
- toolholder — a device for holding a tool or tools.
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- top loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the top (distinguished from front loader).
- top-loader — a washing machine with a horizontal door in its top rather than a vertical one in its front
- toric lens — a lens used to correct astigmatism, having one of its surfaces shaped like part of a torus so that its focal lengths are different in different meridians
- torrential — pertaining to or having the nature of a torrent.
- torricelli — Evangelista [e-vahn-je-lee-stah] /ɛˌvɑn dʒɛˈli stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1608–47, Italian physicist.
- tortellini — navel-shaped pasta
- tourmaline — any of a group of silicate minerals of complex composition, containing boron, aluminum, etc., usually black but having various colored, transparent varieties used as gems.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- towel ring — a circular hoop in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- tower bolt — barrel bolt.
- tower-mill — a windmill of which only the cap rotates to face the sails into the wind.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- tracheolar — of or relating to the tracheole
- trail rope — a guide rope on an aerostat.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- travelator — a moving pavement for transporting pedestrians, as in a shopping precinct or an airport
- travelogue — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- traymobile — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- tremolando — (of a piece of music) to be played with tremulous effect
- tremolitic — relating to tremolite
- treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- tricolette — a knitted fabric made of silk or synthetic yarn, used in the manufacture of wearing apparel.
- tricolored — having three colours
- trifoliate — having three leaflets, lobes, or foils; trefoil.