15-letter words starting with t
- taylor's series — an infinite sum giving the value of a function f(z) in the neighbourhood of a point a in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at a. Under certain conditions, the series has the form f(z) = f(a) + [f′(a)(z – a)]/1! + [f″(a)(z – a)2]/2! + …
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- teamsters union — the unofficial name of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
- tear one's hair — the act of tearing.
- techno-thriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
- technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- technostructure — the group or class of technically skilled administrators, scientists, and engineers who manage and influence business, the economy, and government affairs.
- tectibranchiate — denoting or relating to the suborder of molluscs Tectibranchia
- tehuacan valley — a desert valley site in Puebla, Mexico, where aridity has preserved the vegetable remains of communities from 9000 b.c. to historic times, thus documenting the transition from hunting and gathering to the largely agricultural subsistence of the full Neolithic phase (1500–900 b.c.).
- telamonian ajax — Ajax (def 1).
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- telegraph plant — a tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets.
- telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
- telekinetically — in a telekinetic manner
- telephone booth — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
- telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
- telesales staff — the members of a company's staff that deal with telesales
- telescopic lens — a lens that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
- telestereoscope — a binocular optical instrument used for stereoscopic viewing of distant objects; a small range finder.
- telethermometer — any of various thermometers that indicate or record temperatures at a distance, as by means of an electric current.
- television film — a feature-length film that is made specifically to be shown on television
- television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
- temerariousness — the state or condition of being audacious
- temperamentally — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
- ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
- ten-weeks stock — a stock, Matthiola incana annua, of the mustard family, having spikes of white, lilac, or crimson flowers.
- tenant in chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
- tenant-in-chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
- tendentiousness — having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a tendentious novel.
- teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
- tennessee river — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
- tensor analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with the calculus of tensors, especially the study of properties that are unaffected by a change of coordinate system.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tenth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing to the states and the people those rights that are not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution.
- tequila sunrise — a cocktail, usually consisting of tequila, orange juice, and grenadine. The ingredients have different densities and settle into bands of colour that resemble the sky at sunrise
- teratocarcinoma — a monstrous malignant tumour typically found in the testes
- terminal market — an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce, livestock, etc., are shipped for distribution and sale.
- terminator seed — a seed that produces sterile plants, used in some genetically modified crops so that a new supply of seeds has to be bought every year
- terra incognita — an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
- terra sigillata — Arretine ware.
- terror-stricken — overwhelmed by terror; terrified.
- tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
- tertiary sector — The tertiary sector consists of industries which provide a service, such as transport and finance.
- test ban treaty — a treaty which bans nations testing some or all types of nuclear weapons
- test the waters — assess or evaluate sth
- testing station — an establishment licensed to issue warrants of fitness for motor vehicles
- tetrabranchiate — belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.
- tetraethyl lead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.