13-letter words containing tro
- polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
- price control — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- radio control — remote control by means of radio signals from a transmitter
- rainbow trout — a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.
- relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
- retroflection — a bending backward.
- retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
- retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- retrospective — directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
- return stroke — the main discharge in a lightning stroke
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- sinistrocular — favoring the left eye, rather than the right, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to dextrocular).
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- spectroscopic — an optical device for producing and observing a spectrum of light or radiation from any source, consisting essentially of a slit through which the radiation passes, a collimating lens, and an Amici prism.
- state control — government ownership
- state trooper — a member of a U.S. state police force.
- stereotropism — a tropism determined by contact with a solid.
- stock control — Stock control is the activity of making sure that a company always has exactly the right amount of goods available to sell.
- storm trooper — a member of the storm troops.
- storm-trooper — a member of the storm troops.
- strobilaceous — resembling a strobilus; conelike.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- strong breeze — a wind of 25–30 miles per hour (11–13 m/sec).
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
- strong-minded — having a forceful and independent mind.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- sweet trolley — (in a restaurant) a trolley on which desserts are brought to the table so that diners can choose from them
- thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- thigmotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to mechanical contact, as a plant tendril coiling around a string support.
- thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
- triquetrously — from a triquetrous point of view
- trolley dolly — a female flight attendant
- tromba marina — trumpet marine.
- trompe l'oeil — visual deception, especially in paintings, in which objects are rendered in extremely fine detail emphasizing the illusion of tactile and spatial qualities.
- troop carrier — a transport airplane used for carrying troops and their equipment.
- trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
- trophotropism — the response by an organism or cell to, or the movement of an organism or cell towards or away from, an external source of nutrition
- tropic-cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).