13-letter words that end in ate
- superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- supersaturate — to increase the concentration of (a solution) beyond saturation; saturate abnormally.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- suspercollate — to hang
- taranaki gate — a rough-and-ready gate in a fence made from wire and battens
- tax duplicate — the certification of real-estate assessments to the taxing authorities
- tectosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- tektosilicate — any silicate in which each tetrahedral group shares all its oxygen atoms with neighboring groups, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being 1 to 2.
- terephthalate — a salt or ester of terephthalic acid.
- the consulate — the consular government of France from 1799 to 1804
- thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
- to tempt fate — If someone says that something they say or do is tempting fate or is tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end.
- transactivate — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
- transliterate — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
- tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
- twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
- ultrafiltrate — a liquid that has been passed through an ultrafilter.
- unappropriate — not appropriate or suitable
- underestimate — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- undergraduate — a student in a university or college who has not received a first, especially a bachelor's, degree.
- undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- undeterminate — not definite or determined; indeterminate
- undomesticate — to make wild
- uniflagellate — having only one flagellum.
- variable-rate — providing for changes in the interest rate, adjusted periodically in accordance with prevailing market conditions: a variable-rate mortgage.
- vinyl acetate — a colorless, easily polymerized, water-insoluble liquid, C 4 H 6 O 2 , produced by the reaction of acetylene and acetic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics, films, paints, and adhesives.
- webfoot state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
- welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
- x-certificate — a film classification indicating a film that may not be publicly shown to anyone under 18. Since 1982 replaced by symbol 18
- zinc stearate — a white, fine, soft, water-insoluble powder, Zn(C 18 H 35 O 2) 2 , used in the manufacture of cosmetics, ointments, and lacquers, as a drying agent for rubber, and as a waterproofing agent for textiles, paper, etc.
- zinc sulphate — a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO4
- zooflagellate — any flagellated protozoan that lacks photosynthetic pigment and feeds on organic matter: often parasitic.