13-letter words containing tel
- saint austell — a town in SW England, in S Cornwall on St Austell Bay (an inlet of the English Channel): centre for the now-declining china clay industry; the Eden Project, a rainforest environment in the world's largest greenhouse, is nearby; administratively part of St Austell with Fowey 1968-74. Pop (with Fowey): 22 658 (2001)
- show and tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
- spy satellite — an orbiting satellite used to carry out surveillance of an enemy country or military formations from space
- steller's jay — a common jay, Cyanocitta stelleri, of western North America, having blackish-brown and dusky-blue plumage.
- telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
- teleconverter — a person or thing that converts.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- teledildonics — a technology supposedly enabling two or more people to engage in sexual activity remotely
- telefacsimile — facsimile (def 2).
- telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
- telegrammatic — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
- telemarketing — selling or advertising by telephone.
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telephone box — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
- telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
- teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
- televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
- tell the time — to read the time from a clock
- tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
- telluric acid — a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H 6 TeO 6 , slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
- trans-stellar — of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- unfortunately — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
- unintelligent — deficient in intelligence; dull; stupid.
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.