13-letter words containing t, e, a, s, l
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thessalonians — a native or inhabitant of Thessalonike.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- thundersquall — a combined squall and thunderstorm.
- time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
- timed-release — sustained-release.
- to lose heart — If you lose heart, you become sad and depressed and are no longer interested in something, especially because it is not progressing as you would like.
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- 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.
- 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.
- trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trailer trash — poor white person
- trans-stellar — of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- transfer list — In football, a transfer list is a list of players at a club who may be sold to other clubs.
- transferrable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transformable — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- transliterate — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- 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.
- transversally — transverse.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- treasury bill — 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.
- trestle table — a table having transverse slabs or rigid frames for supports, and usually strengthened by a long stretcher.
- trilateralism — the policy or practice of maintaining relations and cooperation between three groups, nations, or regions.
- trilateralist — one engaged in trilateralism
- triliteralism — the characteristic presence of triliteral roots in a language, as in the Semitic languages.
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- tubular bells — Often, tubular bells. one of a set of tuned metal tubes of different lengths used as a musical instrument, suspended vertically from a frame and struck with a mallet to produce sounds or melodies.
- tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
- tubular steel — steel in the shape of a cylinder or long narrow rectangle; tube-shaped steel
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-leftist — a person with extremely left-wing political views
- ultra-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner