13-letter words containing s, o, l, e, t
- 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.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- uncontestable — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- uncourtliness — the lack of courtliness
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- 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.
- unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- 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).
- velvet scoter — a European sea duck, Melanitta fusca, the male of which has a black plumage with white patches below the eyes and on the wings
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
- ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
- venturesomely — in a venturesome manner
- vexillologist — the study of flags.
- violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).
- violoncellist — cellist.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- water soldier — an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of Europe and NW Asia, having rosettes of large leaves and large three-petalled white flowers: family Hydrocharitaceae