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13-letter words containing r, e, p, a, t

  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
  • surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
  • suspercollate — to hang
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
  • take pride in — be proud
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tangoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by touch.
  • tape recorder — an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape.
  • tape streamer — A tape streamer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a hard disk onto magnetic tape for security or storage.
  • tapestry moth — carpet moth.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • tapsal-teerie — topsy-turvy.
  • tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
  • tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
  • teacher's pet — a pupil who is a favorite of a teacher.
  • teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
  • temperamental — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
  • temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
  • temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
  • temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
  • temporization — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
  • tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
  • terephthalate — a salt or ester of terephthalic acid.
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • tetrapetalous — having four petals.
  • texture paint — a finish paint having an insoluble additive, as sand, for giving a slightly rough textural effect.
  • the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
  • the heptarchy — the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
  • the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
  • the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the upper arm — the part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow
  • the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermal paper — heat-sensitive paper that is impregnated with a chemical; it is used in thermal printers
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
  • thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
  • thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • to keep track — If you keep track of a situation or a person, you make sure that you have the newest and most accurate information about them all the time.
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