13-letter words containing tri
- contribute to — to have a share in bringing about (a result); be partly responsible for
- contributions — Plural form of contribution.
- contristation — the act of contristing
- cosmic string — a one-dimensional defect in space-time postulated in certain theories of cosmology to exist in the universe as a consequence of the big bang
- counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
- data striping — (storage) Segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices (usually disk drives) in a round-robin fashion. This technique is useful if the processor is capable of reading or writing data faster than a single disk can supply or accept it. While data is being transferred from the first disk, the second disk can locate the next segment. Data striping is used in some modern databases, such as Sybase, and in certain RAID devices under hardware control, such as IBM's RAMAC array subsystem (9304/9395). Data striping is different from, and may be used in conjunction with, mirroring.
- deattribution — a switch in the attribution of a work of art to another artist, usually a lesser one.
- densitometric — Of or pertaining to densitometry.
- detribalizing — Present participle of detribalize.
- detrimentally — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- diametrically — If you say that two things are diametrically opposed, you are emphasizing that they are completely different from each other.
- disk striping — data striping
- dissymmetries — Plural form of dissymmetry.
- distributable — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distributions — Plural form of distribution.
- distributives — Plural form of distributive.
- doctrinairism — Doctrinaire attitudes generally.
- eccentrically — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- egocentricity — The quality of being egocentric.
- electric blue — Something that is electric blue is very bright blue in colour.
- electric fire — a device that provides heat for a room from an incandescent electric element
- electric flux — the product of the electric displacement and the area across which it is displaced in an electric field
- electric hare — (in greyhound racing) a model of a hare, mounted on an electrified rail, which the dogs chase
- electricities — Plural form of electricity.
- electrization — the action of electrifying
- emtricitabine — A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV infection.
- endometriosis — A condition resulting from the appearance of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and causing pelvic pain.
- endosmometric — relating to the measurement of endosmotic action
- equestrianism — The skill or sport of horse riding . As an Olympic sport it is divided into three disciplines: show jumping, dressage, and the three-day event (combining show jumping, dressage, and cross-country riding).
- equestriennes — Plural form of equestrienne.
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- extrametrical — exceeding the number of syllables normally used in a given metre
- extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
- extrinsicness — The quality or state of being extrinsic.
- ferroelectric — pertaining to a substance that possesses spontaneous electric polarization such that the polarization can be reversed by an electric field.
- fieldstripped — Simple past tense and past participle of fieldstrip.
- fort moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- furring strip — a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- gastric juice — the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach.
- gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
- geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
- geriatricians — Plural form of geriatrician.
- green vitriol — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- hedge trimmer — garden tool for cutting hedges
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- histrionicism — histrionic behaviour or acts