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13-letter words containing t, r, i, g, e

  • telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
  • telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • temporizingly — in a yielding manner
  • teratogenesis — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • the argentine — Argentina
  • the far right — the more extreme supporters or advocates of social, political, or economic conservatism or reaction, based generally on a belief that things are better left unchanged
  • the foregoing — the one or ones previously mentioned
  • the hermitage — an art museum in St Petersburg, originally a palace built by Catherine the Great
  • the high road — the principal road from one place to another
  • the third age — old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc
  • thermogenesis — the production of heat, especially in an animal body by physiological processes.
  • thermosetting — pertaining to a type of plastic, as the urea resins, that sets when heated and cannot be remolded.
  • thermostating — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
  • thin register — head register.
  • third reading — the final step in the consideration of a legislative bill before it is put to a vote.
  • thirty-eighth — next after the thirty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 38.
  • thread blight — a fungal disease of woody plants, characterized by thick, threadlike strands of mycelium on the undersides of the leaves and branches.
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thrillingness — the state or quality of being thrilling or exciting
  • tidal barrage — a barrier that traps water at high tide, creating a tidal basin
  • tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
  • together with — combined with
  • tracing paper — a thin, transparent paper for making tracings.
  • trade figures — a record of how much a country has paid for goods which it has bought from other countries, compared with how much it has been paid for goods which it has sold to other countries
  • trailing edge — the rear edge of a propeller blade or airfoil.
  • training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
  • transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
  • transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
  • traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • trend-setting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • trigger guard — safety feature on a gun
  • trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
  • trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
  • trigger price — if a commodity reaches a trigger price, its price, or the conditions governing its sale are changed; a price at which certain consequences ensue
  • trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
  • triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
  • triple figure — a number made up of three digits.
  • triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
  • tripping line — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
  • trotting race — a horse race using trotters.
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
  • tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
  • tung-oil tree — tung tree.
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