13-letter words containing tri
- patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
- peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.
- perigastritis — the inflammation of the part of the peritoneum surrounding the stomach
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- piezoelectric — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
- playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
- pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- primogenitrix — a primogenitor who is female
- protriptyline — a white to yellow powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 N, used for the treatment of depression.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
- quitted trick — a trick the cards of which have been collected by the taker and turned face down, further examination being prohibited.
- reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
- reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- reconnoitring — the activity of obtaining information about the geographical features of a place or about the size and position of an army there
- redistricting — to divide anew into districts, as for administrative or electoral purposes.
- rematriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- respirometric — of or relating to respirometers or respirometry
- restrictively — tending or serving to restrict.
- retributivism — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- retributivist — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- round-tripper — a home run.
- roundtripping — a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another
- rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
- second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
- selenocentric — having the moon as its center.
- sensitometric — of or relating to sensitometry
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
- shopping trip — visit to the shops
- sociocentrism — oriented toward or focused on one's own social group.
- square matrix — a matrix in which the number of rows is equal to the number of columns.
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- string bikini — a skimpy bikini having often a triangular covering part held in place by narrow, string-like ties
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- stringentness — the quality or state of being stringent