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15-letter words containing t, a, p, l

  • telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
  • temperamentally — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
  • thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
  • the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
  • the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
  • the paleolithic — the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 b.c.), Middle (to c. 38,000 b.c.), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • the public weal — the public good; the good of society
  • therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
  • tibetan spaniel — one of a breed of small alert dogs originally developed in Tibet, with a double coat of any color, well-feathered, pendent ears, and a plumed tail curled over the back.
  • tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
  • to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
  • tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
  • topgallant mast — a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
  • topgallant sail — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
  • total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
  • trading capital — the total amount of money available for buying assets
  • transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
  • triple alliance — the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
  • triple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.
  • trivial pursuit — a board game that is based the ability to answer questions on popular culture and general knowledge
  • tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • turk's-cap lily — either of two lilies, Lilum martagon or L. superbum, having nodding flowers with the perianth segments rolled backward.
  • twelve apostles — the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to go forth to teach the gospel
  • two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
  • typographically — of or relating to typography.
  • ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
  • unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
  • unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
  • unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
  • uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
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