14-letter words containing tr
- intractability — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
- intracutaneous — within the skin.
- intrafallopian — occurring within either of the Fallopian tubes
- intramedullary — located within the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, or bone marrow
- intramercurial — within Mercury's orbit
- intramolecular — existing or occurring within a molecule.
- intransigeance — intransigence
- intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- intransitivity — (grammar) The state or quality of being intransitive.
- intransmutable — incapable of being transmuted into another substance
- intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
- intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
- intrinsicality — The state of being intrinsic; inherence.
- introductorily — By way of introduction.
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- introspections — Plural form of introspection.
- introversively — In an introversive manner.
- irrestrainable — That cannot be restrained.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isocitric acid — a major intermediate in the Krebs cycle, having the formula C 6 H 8 O 7 .
- isodiametrical — isodiametric
- isometric-line — isometrics, isometric exercise (def 1).
- jack crosstree — jack1 (def 9b).
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- kamloops trout — a variety of rainbow trout found in Canadian lakes
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- knee-trembling — very exciting
- lady's-tresses — any orchid of the genus Spiranthes, having spikes of small flowers.
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- lamellirostral — having a beak equipped with thin plates or lamellae for straining water and mud from food, as the ducks, geese, swans, and flamingos.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- left-of-centre — Left-of-centre people or political parties support political ideas which are closer to socialism than to capitalism.
- leisure centre — A leisure centre is a large public building containing different facilities for leisure activities, such as a sports hall, a swimming pool, and rooms for meetings.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- levonorgestrel — A synthetic steroid hormone that has a similar effect to progesterone and is used in some contraceptive pills.
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- light infantry — foot soldiers with lightweight weapons and minimal field equipment.
- little theatre — small venue for amateur dramatics
- lombard street — a street in London, England: a financial center.
- mackinaw trout — lake trout.
- macronutrients — Plural form of macronutrient.
- macrostructure — the gross structure of a metal, as made visible to the naked eye by deep etching.
- magistral line — the line from which the position of the other lines of fieldworks is determined.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
- malacostracans — Plural form of malacostracan.
- malefactresses — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- mariana trench — a depression in the ocean floor of the Pacific, S and W of the Mariana Islands: site of greatest known depth of any ocean. 36,201 feet (11,034 meters) deep.