14-letter words containing t, a, s, i, l
- treasury bills — 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.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trial division — trial department
- triconsonantal — having three consonants
- tridimensional — having three dimensions.
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- tripersonalist — someone who believes in the Trinity
- tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
- trucial states — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- tubuai islands — a chain of small islands extending about 1400 km (850 miles) in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia; discovered by Captain Cook in 1777; annexed by France in 1880. Pop: 1979 (2002). Area: 173 sq km (67 sq miles)
- tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-rightist — a person with extremely right-wing political views
- ultra-royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- ultrarealistic — extremely realistic
- ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- unconsolidated — brought together into a single whole.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- universal city — a city in S central Texas.
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- unmaterialised — not materialised
- unmentionables — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpleasantries — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unpoeticalness — the quality, state, or characteristic of being unpoetic
- unpresidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- unquestionable — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unquestionably — not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact.
- unrestrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- unscripturally — in an unscriptural manner
- unspiritualize — to deprive of spiritual qualities
- unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
- unsystematical — unsystematic
- upton sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.