13-letter words containing r, e, p, l
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
- 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.
- surplus store — a shop that sells used items, or items previously purchased but unused, and no longer needed. The items are often military, government or industrial excess
- surplus value — (in Marxian economics) the part of the value of a commodity that exceeds the cost of labor, regarded as the profit of the capitalist.
- 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
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tapsal-teerie — topsy-turvy.
- teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- 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.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- 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.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- 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
- 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.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
- transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- transpersonal — extending beyond or transcending the personal.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- tricarpellary — having three carpels.
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple figure — a number made up of three digits.
- triple jumper — a person who takes part in the triple jump
- triple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.
- triple threat — an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
- triple-decker — three-decker (defs 3, 4).
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
- triple-nerved — noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- tripping line — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- trompe l'oeil — visual deception, especially in paintings, in which objects are rendered in extremely fine detail emphasizing the illusion of tactile and spatial qualities.
- trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.