13-letter words containing s, a, t, e, l, o
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- suspercollate — to hang
- systematology — the science of systems or their formation.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- take its toll — If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
- taylor series — an approximation of a given function f at a particular point x, in terms of values of the function and its derivatives at a neighboring point x 0 , by a power series in which the terms are given by f (n) (x 0) (x−x 0) n/n !, where f (n) (x 0) is the derivative of order n evaluated at point x 0 .
- tectosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
- the last word — final retort
- 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 sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
- to lose heart — If you lose heart, you become sad and depressed and are no longer interested in something, especially because it is not progressing as you would like.
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- tower hamlets — a borough of Greater London, England.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transpersonal — extending beyond or transcending the personal.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- transseasonal — pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- uncontestable — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unpostponable — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- unsensational — not sensational
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- unsupportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- ustilagineous — belonging to the Ustilaginales, an order of fungi that cause plant disease
- valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
- 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).
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle