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16-letter words containing t, r, o, c

  • trail commission — A trail commission is a further commission of between 0.1 and 1 percent that is paid to an advisor provided that the client’s funds remain invested in the product for a specified time.
  • trail one's coat — to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviour
  • training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
  • training officer — a person whose job is to teach people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
  • transconductance — the ratio of a small change in anode current of an electron tube at a certain level of output to the corresponding small change of control-electrode voltage, usually expressed in mhos or micromhos.
  • transcontinental — passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
  • transculturation — acculturation.
  • transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
  • transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
  • transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
  • travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
  • triboelectricity — electricity generated by friction.
  • trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
  • trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
  • trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
  • trick-or-treater — a person, typically a child, who goes from door to door in costume on Halloween asking for candy or other treats
  • tricolored heron — an American heron, Hydranassa tricolor, that is dark bluish-gray above and white below with seasonally red neck stripes in the male.
  • tridarn cupboard — a Welsh cupboard of the late 17th and 18th centuries, with an open, canopied upper section for display.
  • trinitroglycerin — nitroglycerin.
  • troop the colors — to parade the colors, or flag, before troops
  • tropic of cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
  • tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
  • trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
  • twin-carburettor — (of an engine) having two carburettors
  • two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
  • two-pot screamer — a person easily influenced by alcohol
  • two-stroke cycle — See under two-cycle.
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • ultramicroscopic — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • un-contradictory — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
  • uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
  • uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
  • unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
  • uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
  • unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  • valence electron — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
  • valency electron — an electron in the outer shell of an atom, responsible for forming chemical bonds
  • vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
  • vasoconstriction — constriction of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
  • vasoconstrictive — causing vasoconstriction.
  • vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • vertebral column — spinal column.
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