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13-letter words containing s, i, l, e, r

  • superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
  • supervirulent — extremely virulent
  • suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
  • sutter's mill — the location in California, NE of Sacramento, near which gold was discovered in 1848, precipitating the gold rush of 1849.
  • symmetrically — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
  • syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
  • tapsal-teerie — topsy-turvy.
  • 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 .
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • theatricalism — conduct suggesting theatrical actions or mannerisms, especially of an extravagant or exhibitionist sort.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • thrill-seeker — a person who enjoys taking part in extreme sports and other activities involving physical risk
  • thrillingness — the state or quality of being thrilling or exciting
  • time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
  • timed-release — sustained-release.
  • 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.
  • torrens title — legal title to land based on record of registration rather than on title deeds
  • tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
  • tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
  • trailer trash — poor white person
  • transfer list — In football, a transfer list is a list of players at a club who may be sold to other clubs.
  • transfusively — in a transfusive manner
  • transliterate — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
  • transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
  • transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
  • treasury bill — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
  • tree squirrel — any squirrel of the genus Sciurus, with a long, bushy tail, familiar in parks and wooded areas throughout temperate regions.
  • triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
  • trilateralism — the policy or practice of maintaining relations and cooperation between three groups, nations, or regions.
  • trilateralist — one engaged in trilateralism
  • triliteralism — the characteristic presence of triliteral roots in a language, as in the Semitic languages.
  • triquetrously — from a triquetrous point of view
  • tubeless tire — a rubber balloon tire made as a single piece without an inner tube.
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
  • ultra-leftist — a person with extremely left-wing political views
  • ultra-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
  • umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
  • un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
  • unassertively — in an unassertive manner
  • uncourtliness — the lack of courtliness
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