15-letter words containing tra
- transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
- transportedness — the quality or state of being carried away with pleasure or rapture
- transubstantial — to change from one substance into another; transmute.
- transvaal daisy — a composite plant, Gerbera jamesonii, native to southern Africa, having showy, many-rayed, variously colored flower heads.
- transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
- transverse axis — the axis of a hyperbola that passes through the two foci.
- transverse wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, as a surface wave of water.
- trapdoor spider — any of various, often large, spiders (esp. family Ctenizidae) that dig a burrow and cover the entrance with a hinged lid like a trapdoor
- traumatological — relating to traumatology
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- traveler's-tree — a bananalike tree, Ravenala madagascariensis, of Madagascar, having large leaves, the petioles of which contain a clear, watery sap.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
- travelling wave — a wave carrying energy away from its source
- tray classifier — A tray classifier is a tank for leaching from a dispersed solid, in which pulp at the bottom of the tank is raked (= moved to the exit) while solvent is forced toward the bottom of the tank.
- tristram shandy — a novel (1759–67) by Laurence Sterne.
- tsushima strait — a channel between the Tsushima islands and Kyushu island, connecting the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea: sometimes considered part of the Korea Strait. About 60 miles (97 km) long; 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- twitching trail — a logging road sufficiently developed to allow the hauling of logs along it by horse or tractor.
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- ultra-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- ultracommercial — concerned with nothing but profit
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- ultrafastidious — extremely fastidious
- ultrafiltration — Physical Chemistry. a filter for purifying sols, having a membrane with pores sufficiently small to prevent the passage of the suspended particles.
- ultraliberalism — a belief in or support for an extremely liberal political party or doctrine
- ultramarathoner — a person who takes part in an ultramarathon
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- ultramicrometer — a micrometer calibrated to a very fine scale and capable of measuring extremely small magnitudes.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- ultrasound scan — sonograph examination
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- unextraordinary — beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- untraditionally — in an untraditional fashion; not traditionally
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- untransmissible — intransmissible
- venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
- walk-in traffic — The walk-in traffic of a store is the number of people who choose to visit it as they pass by.
- weight training — weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.
- well trajectory — The well trajectory is the direction in which the well is drilled.
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit