13-letter words containing r, o, t, c, e, l
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- suspercollate — to hang
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tax collector — sb employed to gather taxes
- teleconverter — a person or thing that converts.
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- three old cat — three-a-cat.
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- triboelectric — electricity generated by friction.
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
- truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unconvertible — capable of being converted.
- uncorrectable — not able to be fixed
- uncourtliness — the lack of courtliness
- under control — being managed
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unprotectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- unrecollected — not remembered or recalled
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).