13-letter words containing t, i, l, m
- time dilation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
- timed-release — sustained-release.
- tintinnabulum — a small, tinkling bell or a set of bells played in succession.
- to come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- totipalmation — totipalmate condition or formation.
- tous-les-mois — a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.
- toxoplasmosis — infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces: the illness produced is usually mild, but in pregnant women may damage the fetus.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- transmissible — capable of being transmitted.
- transmittable — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- traumatically — of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- trilateralism — the policy or practice of maintaining relations and cooperation between three groups, nations, or regions.
- triliteralism — the characteristic presence of triliteral roots in a language, as in the Semitic languages.
- triple jumper — a person who takes part in the triple jump
- triple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.
- trompe l'oeil — visual deception, especially in paintings, in which objects are rendered in extremely fine detail emphasizing the illusion of tactile and spatial qualities.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tumbling mill — A tumbling mill is a machine for reducing the particle size of a solid, with a drum which turns to lift and drop the feed mixed with a grinding medium.
- tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
- tzom gedaliah — a Jewish fast day observed on the third day of the month of Tishri in memory of the treacherous murder of Gedaliah, Jewish governor of Judah appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
- u-net limited — A dial-up Internet access provider based in Warrington, UK. Speeds 4800 - 28.8kbps. The currently support Microsoft Windows and RISC OS users. For 12 pounds to join and 12 pounds per month or 100 pounds per year you get a full SLIP account with a pernament IP address and POP3 electronic mail account. Membership includes a disk with Mosaic, Eudora, Trumpet2, Newsreader, FTP and Telnet and full Internet access. Users can choose their own user name and hostname. Allows some extra services such as more than one POP3 account per access account. User name is significant so that a company can have accounts with the same hostname (i.e. their company name) but the mail going to diffent machines. Mail in users POP3 account is accessible from anywhere not just via the dial-up connection. On your next business trip you can still check your e-mail (provided you can get onto the Internet). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- ultra-leftism — the beliefs of extremely left-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- ultrafamiliar — extremely familiar
- ultrafeminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultramilitant — extremely or excessively militant
- ultraromantic — extremely romantic
- unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
- unassimilated — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- unemotionally — without the expression of strong feeling
- unfamiliarity — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- ungrammatical — grammatically incorrect or awkward; not conforming to the rules or principles of grammar or accepted usage: an ungrammatical sentence.
- unilateralism — the advocacy or pursuit of a unilateral policy, especially in disarmament.
- unilluminated — not lit up or bright with light
- unmanipulated — not manipulated
- unmentionable — not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unmetabolized — not metabolized
- unministerial — not befitting a minister, esp relating to a head of a government department
- unmistrustful — not mistrustful