15-letter words containing tri
- matrix sentence — Linguistics. a sentence in which another sentence is embedded: In The man who called is waiting, The man is waiting is a matrix sentence.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- microcentrifuge — A centrifuge used in laboratories to separate materials from small samples (especially of biological material).
- misdistribution — Incorrect or unfair distribution.
- monroe doctrine — the policy, as stated by President Monroe in 1823, that the U.S. opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere.
- nitric bacteria — bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates in the soil
- nitriding steel — any steel suitable for casehardening by nitriding.
- non-contributor — a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.
- non-detrimental — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
- noncontributory — pertaining to or of the nature of contribution; contributing.
- nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- obedience trial — a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
- on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
- parametrization — a parametric representation; the act of representing as or defining parameters
- patria potestas — the power vested in the paterfamilias or head of the Roman family with respect to his wife, natural or adopted children, and agnatic descendants: title to family property is vested exclusively in the paterfamilias. Property acquired by a family member becomes family property, and no family member can enter into a transaction in his or her own right.
- pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
- planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
- planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
- post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- post-tridentine — of or relating to the city of Trent.
- pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
- psychiatrically — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- purple trillium — birthroot (def 1).
- pyroelectricity — electrification or electrical polarity produced in certain crystals by temperature changes.
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- pyrometric cone — (in a kiln) a triangular piece of material that indicates by bending or melting that a certain temperature has been reached.
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- radiotelemetric — of or relating to radiotelemetry
- reference strip — a strip of film used to help calculate and monitor the exposing and processing of photographs
- reindustrialize — to subject to reindustrialization.
- restricted area — out of bounds to military personnel
- restricted code — a style of language use associated with informal situations, characterized by linguistic predictability and by its dependence on the external context and on the shared knowledge and experience of the participants for conveying meaning. Compare code (def 11b), elaborated code.
- retrievableness — the state or quality of being retrievable
- round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.
- schmitt trigger — a bistable circuit that gives a constant output when the input voltage is above a specified value
- school district — A school district is an area which includes all the schools that are situated within that area and are governed by a particular authority.
- self-restricted — confined; limited.
- semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- semiterrestrial — living mostly on land but requiring a moist environment or nearby water, especially as a breeding site: Most amphibians are semiterrestrial.
- septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
- sinoatrial node — a small mass of tissue in the right atrium functioning as pacemaker of the heart by giving rise to the electric impulses that initiate heart contractions.
- sit-down strike — a strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
- sociocentricity — socially oriented.
- strike it lucky — to have some good luck
- strike pay dirt — to achieve one's objective