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13-letter words containing t, r, a, n, y

  • ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
  • astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
  • at every turn — If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
  • atomic energy — nuclear energy
  • baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
  • bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
  • balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
  • banbury tarts — small baked pastries filled with raisins, currants, etc.
  • baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
  • bharat natyam — a form of Indian classical ballet
  • bharata natya — a traditional south Indian dance style, formerly performed only by devadasis.
  • binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
  • black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
  • blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
  • brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
  • brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
  • brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
  • buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
  • by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
  • candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
  • candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
  • candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
  • carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
  • carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carry the can — to take the responsibility for some misdemeanour, etc (on behalf of)
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
  • cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
  • chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
  • clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
  • complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
  • complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
  • concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
  • concretionary — formed by concretion; consisting of concreted matter or masses.
  • confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
  • confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
  • conjecturally — of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are highly conjectural.
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