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16-letter words containing t, o, n, l, e, s

  • transcontinental — passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
  • transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
  • transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
  • transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
  • transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
  • trial separation — an experimental period of living apart
  • trim one's sails — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
  • triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • under one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • universalization — to make universal.
  • unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • vegetable sponge — loofah (def 2).
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
  • voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
  • voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
  • well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • well-constructed — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
  • wellington boots — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
  • white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • whole-tone scale — a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯, C.
  • wholeheartedness — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • woman of letters — a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.
  • world exposition — world's fair.
  • worth one's salt — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
  • xenotransplanted — Transplanted by xenotransplantation.
  • yellowstone lake — a lake in NW Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park. 20 miles (32 km) long; 140 sq. mi. (363 sq. km).
  • zenith telescope — a telescope mounted to point only at the zenith, used at some observatories for measuring time by the stars.
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