13-letter words containing t, a, i, e, p, l
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
- 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.
- tricarpellary — having three carpels.
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- triple threat — an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
- triple-header — a set of three games, as of basketball, each game being played in the same arena on the same day and often between different pairs of teams.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- tuva republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)
- type locality — Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
- tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
- uncapitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- unexceptional — not exceptional; not unusual or extraordinary.
- uniparentally — in a uniparental manner
- unmanipulated — not manipulated
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unpracticable — impracticable.
- unpredictable — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- vanity plates — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- variable type — type that can be varied to fit a page, screen, etc
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- white pelican — an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
- with pleasure — gladly, willingly
- xerophthalmia — abnormal dryness of the eyeball characterized by conjunctivitis, caused by a deficiency of tears and attributed to a lack of vitamin A.
- xerophthalmic — Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
- zinc sulphate — a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO4