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13-letter words containing s, l, u, t, e

  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • tax schedules — the different ways of classifying income under tax law
  • temerariously — in an audacious manner
  • tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
  • tetrapetalous — having four petals.
  • texas leaguer — a pop fly that falls safely between converging infielders and outfielders.
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the dust bowl — the area of the south central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts of the mid-1930s
  • the holocaust — the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the sum total — the result you get when you add numbers or amounts together
  • thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
  • thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
  • to lose touch — If you lose touch with someone, you gradually stop writing, telephoning, or visiting them.
  • total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
  • tous-les-mois — a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.
  • tout ensemble — all together.
  • trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
  • transfusively — in a transfusive manner
  • translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • 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.
  • tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
  • triquetrously — from a triquetrous point of view
  • trous-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
  • truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
  • trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
  • truthlessness — the quality or character of being truthless
  • tubeless tire — a rubber balloon tire made as a single piece without an inner tube.
  • tubeless tyre — a pneumatic tyre in which the outer casing makes an airtight seal with the rim of the wheel so that an inner tube is unnecessary
  • tubular bells — Often, tubular bells. one of a set of tuned metal tubes of different lengths used as a musical instrument, suspended vertically from a frame and struck with a mallet to produce sounds or melodies.
  • tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
  • tubular steel — steel in the shape of a cylinder or long narrow rectangle; tube-shaped steel
  • tummy muscles — the muscles of the stomach
  • tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
  • tunnel vision — a drastically narrowed field of vision, as in looking through a tube, symptomatic of retinitis pigmentosa.
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • two solitudes — a term for the situation of English and French Canada, considered as socially and culturally isolated from each other
  • ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
  • 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.
  • umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
  • un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
  • unassertively — in an unassertive manner
  • unassimilated — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
  • unchastisable — not deserving to be chastised; beyond reproach
  • uncontestable — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
  • uncourtliness — the lack of courtliness
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