14-letter words containing tr
- flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
- florida strait — a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.
- florida-strait — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- foot patrolman — a policeman assigned to patrol a particular area on foot
- forcible entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
- format-fortran — Fortran Matrix Abstraction Technique Fortran
- formosa strait — an arm of the Pacific Ocean between China and Taiwan, connecting the East and South China Seas.
- freezer centre — a store that specializes in selling freezers
- fringe theatre — theatrical performance that is unconventional or otherwise distinct from the mainstream
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- games mistress — a woman who teaches games and sports in a school
- gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
- gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
- gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
- general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
- gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geochronometry — the determination of the absolute age of earth materials, as by radiometric dating.
- geometric mean — the mean of n positive numbers obtained by taking the n th root of the product of the numbers: The geometric mean of 6 and 24 is 12.
- geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
- geometrization — the application of geometrical concepts to a different field
- gertrude stein — Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- go to extremes — do sth drastic
- goitrogenicity — the potential to cause goitre
- great entrance — the solemn procession in which the unconsecrated Eucharistic elements are carried from the prothesis through the nave of the church and into the bema.
- green strength — Foundry. the tensile strength of greensand.
- grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- ground control — an airport facility that supervises the movement of aircraft and ground vehicles on ramps and taxiways.
- groundsel tree — a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
- gum tragacanth — tragacanth.
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- harry s truman — Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- head restraint — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- headmistresses — Plural form of headmistress.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- heterostrophic — (of a shell) twisting or turning in a different direction
- highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.