13-letter words containing t, o, r, i, e
- thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
- thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- think more of — to have a higher opinion of
- thiocarbamide — thiourea.
- third worlder — a citizen of a Third World country.
- thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
- thoracentesis — insertion of a hollow needle or similar instrument into the pleural cavity of the chest in order to drain pleural fluid.
- three-pointer — Basketball. a field goal worth three points, made from behind a specified line (three-point line)
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
- time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
- time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- to be precise — You say 'to be precise' to indicate that you are giving more detailed or accurate information than you have just given.
- to bear fruit — If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears fruit, it is successful and produces good results.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to catch fire — If an object or substance catches fire, it starts burning.
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- to raise hell — If you say that someone raises hell, you are emphasizing that they protest strongly and angrily about a situation in order to persuade other people to correct it or improve it.
- toastmistress — a woman who presides at a dinner, introduces the after-dinner speakers, and often proposes toasts.
- together with — combined with
- toilet humour — scatological or vulgar jokes
- toilet powder — a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- topoisomerase — any of a class of enzymes that control the coiling of DNA molecules
- torrens title — legal title to land based on record of registration rather than on title deeds
- torrentiality — the quality or state of being torrential
- torres strait — a strait between NE Australia and S New Guinea. 80 miles (130 km) wide.
- tortoise-core — Archaeology. a late Lower and Middle Paleolithic stone core characteristic of the Levalloisian tradition of toolmaking, having a rounded top and flattish bottom and prepared in advance to permit the removal of a single ellipsoid flake with one blow from a stone hammer.
- tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
- tour en l'air — a turn executed in the air.
- tract society — a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade edition — an edition of a book for distribution through general bookstores.
- trade mission — commercial business trip
- traded option — an option that can itself be bought and sold on a stock exchange
- train spotter — a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
- trans-oceanic — extending across or traversing the ocean: a transoceanic cable.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- transfrontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
- transistorize — to equip with or convert to a circuit employing transistors.
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.