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14-letter words containing tr

  • submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
  • subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
  • sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
  • supernutrition — excessive nourishment or overeating
  • superpatriotic — characteristic of a superpatriot
  • superstruction — the action of superstructing
  • superstructive — built onto a structure
  • superstructure — the part of a building or construction entirely above its foundation or basement.
  • supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
  • symmetric lisp — A parallel Lisp in which environments are first-class objects. It is implemented in Common LISP. E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan <[email protected]>.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • symmetry plane — reflection plane.
  • t distribution — Student's t distribution.
  • take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • tandem trailer — Also called double-bottom, double-trailer truck, tandem. a very long rig consisting of a tractor pulling two trailers hooked up one behind another.
  • tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
  • tape transport — transport (def 12).
  • temper tantrum — tantrum.
  • ten-metre line — a dashed line on a rugby field ten metres away from the halfway line; the ball must be kicked beyond this to begin play
  • tenor trombone — one of the two usual forms of the trombone that has a range about two and a half octaves upwards from E
  • tensile stress — stress which pulls apart an (elastic) material or structure
  • terms of trade — the ratio of export prices to import prices. It measures a nation's trading position, which improves when export prices rise faster or fall slower than import prices
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
  • tetraethyllead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • tetragrammaton — the Hebrew word for God, consisting of the four letters yod, he, vav, and he, transliterated consonantally usually as YHVH, now pronounced as Adonai or Elohim in substitution for the original pronunciation forbidden since the 2nd or 3rd century b.c.
  • the great trek — the migration of Boer farmers with their slaves and African servants from the Cape Colony to the north and east from about 1836 to 1845 to escape British authority
  • the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
  • the last straw — If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer.
  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
  • the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
  • the true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
  • the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
  • theatre of war — the area of air, sea and land that is directly involved in war
  • theocentricity — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • thermal stress — Thermal stress is stress caused by differences in temperature or by differences in thermal expansion.
  • thermoelectric — of, relating to, or involving the direct relationship between heat and electricity.
  • thermoelectron — an electron emitted by an incandescent material.
  • through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
  • to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
  • to stand trial — If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
  • to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
  • to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
  • toilet trained — If a child is toilet trained, he or she has learned to use the toilet.
  • toorak tractor — a luxury four-wheel drive or sport utility vehicle
  • toothache tree — prickly ash (def 1).
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • 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.
  • tracking radar — a radar system emitting a narrow beam which oscillates about the target, thus compensating for abrupt changes of direction
  • tractive force — the force measured in the drawbar of a locomotive or tractor
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