13-letter words containing t, o, r, i, e
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underreaction — to react with less than the expected or appropriate emotion.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- undoctrinaire — a person who does not subscribe to a particular doctrine or theory; a free thinker
- uninformative — not educational
- unmeritorious — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- variety store — a retail store, as a five-and-ten, carrying a large variety of goods, especially low-priced articles.
- vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.
- vectorization — the process of converting from a bitmap image to a vector representation
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
- ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
- ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
- ventriloquize — to produce (sounds) in the manner of a ventriloquist
- ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
- verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- vercingetorix — died 45? b.c, Gallic chieftain conquered by Caesar.
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- vernalization — to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- victoria nile — a section of the upper Nile River in central Uganda between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert. 260 miles (418 km) long.
- victoriaville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).
- virgin forest — a forest in its natural state, before it has been explored or exploited by man
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visceroptosis — a downward displacement of the intestine
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
- vivisectorium — the location where vivisection takes place
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- water lobelia — Lobelia dortmanna