16-letter words containing tri
- federal district — a district in which the national government of a country is located, especially one in Latin America.
- ferroelectricity — (physics) The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analagous to ferromagnetism.
- garment district — an area in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, including portions of Seventh Avenue and Broadway between 34th and 40th Streets and the streets intersecting them, that contains many factories, showrooms, etc., related to the design, manufacture, and wholesale distribution of clothing.
- general electric — (company) (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from 1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for Multics development. See also GCOS. Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
- geometric isomer — each of two or more chemical compounds having the same molecular formula but a different geometric arrangement; an unsaturated compound or ring compound in which rotation around a carbon bond is restricted, as in cis- and trans- configurations.
- geometric series — an infinite series of the form, c + cx + cx 2 + cx 3 + …, where c and x are real numbers.
- geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
- go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
- golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
- hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
- hermitian matrix — Mathematics. a matrix, whose entries are complex numbers, equal to the transpose of the matrix whose entries are the conjugates of the entries of the given matrix.
- hit one's stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- hydroelectricity — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hyper-patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
- industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
- interventricular — (anatomy) Located between the ventricles of the heart.
- intraventricular — (medicine) In a ventricle.
- intrinsic factor — a glycoprotein, secreted by the gastric mucosa, that is involved in the intestinal absorption of vitamin B 12 .
- intrinsic parity — parity1 (def 4b).
- irretrievability — The state or quality of being irretrievable.
- isobutyl nitrite — butyl nitrite.
- keep on a string — to have control or a hold over (someone), esp emotionally
- lightning strike — A lightning strike is a strike in which workers stop work suddenly and without any warning, in order to protest about something.
- macrorestriction — In physical gene mapping, the digestion of DNA of high molecular weight with a restriction enzyme having a low number of restriction sites.
- magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- matrix mechanics — a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.
- meretriciousness — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- microphotometric — of, involving, or relating to microphotometry
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- nodding trillium — a hardy plant, Trillium cernuum, of the lily family, of the eastern coast of North America, having wavy-petalled, white or pinkish flowers on short, recurved stalks hanging beneath the three whorled leaves.
- non-attributable — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- non-contribution — the act of contributing.
- non-contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- non-repatriation — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
- not miss a trick — to be very alert
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
- oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
- on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
- paediatric nurse — a nurse who specializes in the care of children
- painted trillium — a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
- petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
- photoelectricity — electricity induced by electromagnetic radiation, as in certain processes, as the photoelectric and photovoltaic effects, photoconductivity, and photoionization.
- piezoelectricity — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
- piscis austrinus — a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Aquarius and Grus and containing the first-magnitude star Fomalhaut
- poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
- pseudo-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.