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13-letter words containing t, r, a, n, d, i

  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • spread option — spread (def 25b).
  • stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
  • standard coin — a coin having value in bullion at least equal to its face value.
  • standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
  • standard time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
  • starting grid — area marked as start of a race
  • stringer bead — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
  • syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
  • take pride in — be proud
  • take to drink — If someone takes to drink, they start to drink a lot of alcohol regularly, usually because they are depressed or worried about something.
  • taranaki wind — natural gas from Taranaki
  • task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
  • the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
  • the ediacaran — the Ediacaran period or rock system
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • third baseman — the player whose position is third base.
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • to stand firm — If someone stands firm, they refuse to change their mind about something.
  • traction load — the solid material that is carried along the bed of a river
  • 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
  • tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • trading stamp — a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.
  • traditionally — of or relating to tradition.
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • trained nurse — graduate nurse.
  • transactinide — any element having an atomic number higher than 103, the last of the actinide series. These superheavy, radioactive elements are extremely short-lived, and can only be created in the laboratory.
  • treaty indian — a status Indian who is a member of a group that has signed a treaty with the federal government.
  • trimethadione — a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, C 6 H 9 NO 3 , used as an anticonvulsant to control petit mal epileptic seizures.
  • turbine blade — any of a number of bladelike vanes assembled around the periphery of a turbine rotor to guide the steam or gas flow
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