13-letter words containing tr
- arbitrariness — subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
- arbitrational — relating to, involving, or resulting from arbitration
- archaeometric — relating to archaeometry
- astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
- astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
- astroparticle — (astrophysics) A subatomic particle of cosmic origin.
- astrophysical — Of or pertaining to astrophysics.
- atrabilarious — Characterized by melancholy or gloom.
- atroceruleous — a deep blue-black color.
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- attributional — of or relating to the act of attributing
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- australia day — a public holiday in Australia, commemorating the landing of the British in 1788: observed on January 26
- australianism — the Australian national character or spirit
- australianize — (esp of a new immigrant) to adopt or cause to adopt Australian habits and attitudes; integrate into Australian society
- austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
- austroasiatic — a family of languages spoken in SE Asia and the landsaround the Bay of Bengal and consisting principally of Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon, Khasi, Nicobarese, and the Munda languages.
- auto-destruct — self-destruct.
- back straight — a straight part of a circuit, esp of an athletics track or a racecourse, furthest from the finishing point
- backing track — a recorded instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
- bag of tricks — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- baggage train — a train of wagons carrying the equipment needed by an army on the march
- balanced tree — (algorithm) An optimisation of a tree which aims to keep equal numbers of items on each subtree of each node so as to minimise the maximum path from the root to any leaf node. As items are inserted and deleted, the tree is restructured to keep the nodes balanced and the search paths uniform. Such an algorithm is appropriate where the overheads of the reorganisation on update are outweighed by the benefits of faster search. A B-tree is a kind of balanced tree that can have more than two subtrees at each node (i.e. one that is not restricted to being a binary tree).
- band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
- bank transfer — a payment between two bank accounts
- barley stripe — a disease of barley, characterized by blighted heads and chlorotic, brown, or frayed stripes on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Helminthosporium gramineum.
- basic fortran — (language) A subset of Fortran.
- bass trombone — the lower-pitched of the two main types of trombone
- batrachotoxin — a steroidal alkaloid, C31H42N2O6, found in the skin of certain Neotropical frogs (genus Phyllobates) and used on poison arrows: one of the most powerful natural neurotoxins known
- bering strait — a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
- bibliolatrous — characterized by bibliolatry
- bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
- bioelectrical — relating to electrical current generated by biological activity
- birth control — Birth control means planning whether to have children, and using contraception to prevent having them when they are not wanted.
- black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
- black tracker — an Aboriginal tracker working for the police
- black treacle — molasses
- blaze a trail — to explore new territories, areas of knowledge, etc, in such a way that others can follow
- booby-trapped — (of a building, vehicle, etc) planted with a booby trap
- border patrol — a government agency in charge of preventing terrorists, weapons, and illegal immigrants entering the country
- boron nitride — a white inert crystalline solid existing both in a graphite-like form and in an extremely hard diamond-like form (borazon). It is used as a refractory, high-temperature lubricant and insulator, and heat shield. Formula: BN
- boston matrix — a two-dimensional matrix, used in planning the business strategy of a large organization, that identifies those business units in the organization that generate cash and those that use it
- botryomycosis — a disease, usually of horses, caused by a bacterial infection (usually, Staphylococcus aureus) producing tumorous growths esp. after castration or a wound or injury
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
- box stretcher — a heavy rectangular stretcher connecting successive legs of a table, chair, etc.
- brain truster — a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.
- breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
- breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
- breast stroke — a swimming stroke performed face down in which both arms are extended outward and sideways from a position close to the chest, while the legs engage in a frog kick