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13-letter words containing t, e, l, p

  • temperamental — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
  • tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
  • temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
  • temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
  • temporizingly — in a yielding manner
  • tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
  • terephthalate — a salt or ester of terephthalic acid.
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • tetrapetalous — having four petals.
  • the big apple — New York City
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
  • the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
  • the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
  • the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
  • the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the spotlight — the focus of attention
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermal paper — heat-sensitive paper that is impregnated with a chemical; it is used in thermal printers
  • thermal power — power produced by converting heat into electricity
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
  • tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
  • 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
  • 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 double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
  • triple figure — a number made up of three digits.
  • triple jumper — a person who takes part in the triple jump
  • triple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.
  • triple threat — an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.
  • triple-decker — three-decker (defs 3, 4).
  • triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
  • 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.
  • triple-nerved — noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
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