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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).
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