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13-letter words containing t, i, p, a

  • superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • supplantation — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
  • suppositional — the act of supposing.
  • supralittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.
  • supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syphilization — the act of syphilizing
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • tachistoscope — an apparatus for use in exposing visual stimuli, as pictures, letters, or words, for an extremely brief period, used chiefly to assess visual perception or to increase reading speed.
  • tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
  • take pride in — be proud
  • take the piss — mock
  • talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • tapioca-plant — the cassava, Manihot esculenta.
  • tapsal-teerie — topsy-turvy.
  • tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
  • tattie-peelin — (esp of speech) highfalutin, affected, or pretentious
  • tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
  • tax exemption — immunity from paying tax
  • tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
  • te waipounamu — a Māori name for New Zealand's South Island
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
  • temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
  • temporization — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
  • tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • texture paint — a finish paint having an insoluble additive, as sand, for giving a slightly rough textural effect.
  • thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • 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 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 spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • 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.
  • thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
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