15-letter words containing t, r, a, i, o, l
- superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- symbol retailer — any member of a voluntary group of independent retailers, often using a common name or symbol, formed to obtain better prices from wholesalers or manufacturers in competition with supermarket chains
- tailor's bunion — a bunionlike enlargement of the joint of the little toe, usually caused by pressure from tight shoes.
- taylor's series — an infinite sum giving the value of a function f(z) in the neighbourhood of a point a in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at a. Under certain conditions, the series has the form f(z) = f(a) + [f′(a)(z – a)]/1! + [f″(a)(z – a)2]/2! + …
- tensor analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with the calculus of tensors, especially the study of properties that are unaffected by a change of coordinate system.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- thioallyl ether — allyl sulfide.
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
- time immemorial — Also called time out of mind. time in the distant past beyond memory or record: Those carvings have been there from time immemorial.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- toilet training — child: process of learning to use toilet
- torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- total serialism — (in some music after 1945) the use of serial techniques applied to such elements as rhythm, dynamics, and tone colour, as found in the early works of Stockhausen, Boulez, etc
- totalitarianism — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- totalitarianist — the practices and principles of a totalitarian regime.
- totalitarianize — to make totalitarian.
- tractor-trailer — a combination trucking unit consisting of a tractor hooked up to a full trailer or a semitrailer.
- traffic control — management of road use
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
- transactionally — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
- transgressional — of or relating to transgression
- transhistorical — occurring throughout all human history
- translationally — in a manner which uses translation
- transliteration — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
- transnationally — going beyond national boundaries or interests: a transnational economy.
- transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
- traumatological — relating to traumatology
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trial and error — experimentation or investigation in which various methods or means are tried and faulty ones eliminated in order to find the correct solution or to achieve the desired result or effect.
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- trichloroacetic — as in trichloroacetic acid
- trichloroethane — a volatile nonflammable colourless liquid with low toxicity used for cleaning electrical apparatus and as a solvent; 1,2,3-trichloroethane. Formula: CH3CCl3
- trichomonacidal — relating to a trichomonacide
- tricolor camera — a camera for taking color photographs in which three separation negatives are exposed simultaneously by splitting the light from the subject with prisms and mirrors, and exposing through appropriate filters.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
- typographically — of or relating to typography.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.