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13-letter words containing t, o, n, e, c, l

  • second ballot — an electoral procedure in which if no candidate emerges as a clear winner in a first ballot, candidates at the bottom of the poll are eliminated and another ballot is held among the remaining candidates
  • sectionalized — divided into sections
  • selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
  • self-conflict — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
  • self-creation — the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
  • sex selection — the practice of attempting to control the sex of a baby in order to achieve a desired sex, through various scientific methods
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
  • state control — government ownership
  • steering lock — an anti-theft device
  • sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
  • subadolescent — younger than or not quite adolescent
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • sublanceolate — (of leaves, etc) almost spear-shaped
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
  • tallow candle — a candle made from tallow
  • tax allowance — amount of income left untaxed
  • techno-babble — technical jargon relating to computing and other technological subjects
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technologized — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
  • teleconverter — a person or thing that converts.
  • teledildonics — a technology supposedly enabling two or more people to engage in sexual activity remotely
  • telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
  • the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
  • the neolithic — the Neolithic period; New Stone Age
  • the oligocene — the Oligocene epoch or rock series
  • the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
  • thermobalance — an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
  • toque blanche — the tall white hat traditionally worn by a chef
  • touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
  • trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
  • tropical zone — Torrid Zone
  • tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
  • tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
  • un-actionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
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