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15-letter words containing t, a, r, s, n

  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
  • training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
  • trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
  • trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
  • trans-himalayanthe, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
  • trans-jordanian — of or relating to the former Trans-Jordan (now Jordan) or its inhabitants
  • transactionally — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
  • transelementate — transelement.
  • transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
  • transfer factor — a lymphocyte product that, when extracted from T cells of an individual with immunity to a particular antigen, can confer that immunity when administered to another individual of the same species.
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • transfer season — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
  • transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
  • transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
  • transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
  • transilluminate — to cause light to pass through.
  • transindividual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
  • transition team — a group of people who manage the transition between one system, administrative regime, etc and another
  • transitive verb — a verb accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, rectify, elect.
  • translatability — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
  • translationally — in a manner which uses translation
  • transliteration — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
  • transmissometer — an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
  • transnationally — going beyond national boundaries or interests: a transnational economy.
  • transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
  • transportedness — the quality or state of being carried away with pleasure or rapture
  • transubstantial — to change from one substance into another; transmute.
  • transvaal daisy — a composite plant, Gerbera jamesonii, native to southern Africa, having showy, many-rayed, variously colored flower heads.
  • transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
  • transverse axis — the axis of a hyperbola that passes through the two foci.
  • transverse wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, as a surface wave of water.
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
  • tree of sadness — night jasmine (def 1).
  • tristram shandy — a novel (1759–67) by Laurence Sterne.
  • trojan asteroid — one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
  • trypanosomiasis — any infection caused by a trypanosome.
  • tungsten rating — a film-speed rating that indicates the relative sensitivity of a particular film stock to light from incandescent lamps with tungsten filaments.
  • turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
  • turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
  • turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
  • ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
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