14-letter words containing t, r, i, a, l
- terminal leave — the final leave granted to a member of the armed forces just before discharge, equal to the total unused leave accumulated during active service.
- terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- territorialism — a principle or system that gives predominance to the landed classes.
- territoriality — territorial quality, condition, or status.
- territorialize — to extend by adding new territory.
- tertiary color — a color, as brown, produced by mixing two secondary colors.
- testamentarily — in a testamentary manner
- thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
- the real thing — If you say that a thing or event is the real thing, you mean that it is the thing or event itself, rather than an imitation or copy.
- the royal mail — the national postal service of the United Kingdom
- the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- thermal imager — a piece of equipment used to detect or provide images of people or things
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
- third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- till all hours — until very late
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- tintinnabulary — of bells or the ringing of bells
- tiruchirapalli — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- tiruchirappali — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
- to wax lyrical — If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way.
- toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
- tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- traditionalism — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionalist — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
- traditionalize — to make traditional: to traditionalize family reunions.
- traffic circle — a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- traffic island — a raised or marked-off area between lanes of a roadway, used by pedestrians to get out of the flow of traffic, as a place for traffic signals, for separating lanes, etc.
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- traffic police — a unit of a police force, whose job is to control traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- trafficability — the condition of soil or terrain with regard to its being traveled over, as by people, vehicles, or machinery.
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.