13-letter words containing r, o, t, u, n
- teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- think through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thoroughgoing — doing things thoroughly.
- through stone — perpend1 .
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
- thurification — the act of incense-burning
- thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- to the ground — completely; absolutely
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- toss and turn — If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- tour en l'air — a turn executed in the air.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade journal — periodical of a profession
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transfusional — of or relating to transfusion
- transmountain — across or through a mountain or mountains
- transmutation — the act or process of transmuting.
- traumatonasty — a nastic movement in response to an injury
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- treasury note — a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
- tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- triangulation — a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- trig function — Also called circular function. a function of an angle, as sine or cosine, expressed as the ratio of the sides of a right triangle.
- trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- 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.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- truelove knot — a complicated ornamental knot, especially a double knot having two interlacing bows, regarded as an emblem of true love or interwoven affections.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- trust account — an account of property established with a trust company by a grantor, for distribution during or after the grantor's lifetime.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- tung-oil tree — tung tree.