13-letter words that end in t
- apostle plant — a plant, Neomarica northiana, of the iris family, native to Brazil, having large, fragrant white and violet flowers, and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- apparentement — a coalition formed between political parties during an election.
- appeals court — An appeals court is the same as an appellate court.
- apportionment — the act of apportioning
- approach shot — a shot made to or towards the green after a tee shot
- aptitude test — An aptitude test is a test that is specially designed to find out how easily and how well you can do something.
- aquaculturist — a person who practises aquaculture
- arc cotangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a cotangent equal to a given number. Symbol: cot −1. Abbreviation: arc cot.
- archaeologist — a specialist in archaeology, the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, etc.
- arcticologist — a person who specializes in arcticology.
- argentine ant — a small brown ant, Iridomyrmex humilis, introduced into the southern U.S. from South America: a household and fruit pest.
- as all getout — Commerce. the break-even point.
- as we know it — If you talk about a thing or system as we know it, you are referring to the form in which it exists now and which is familiar to most people.
- ascertainment — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- asset account — An asset account is an account that records the assets owned by a company.
- assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
- assyriologist — A person who studies ancient Assyria.
- asteroid belt — the concentrations of asteroids that move around the sun mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- at a discount — below the regular price
- at attachment — Advanced Technology Attachment
- at knifepoint — If you are attacked or robbed at knifepoint, someone threatens you with a knife while they attack or steal from you.
- at one's best — in one's best mood, form, health, etc.
- at the latest — You use at the latest in order to indicate that something must happen at or before a particular time and not after that time.
- at this point — at this moment in time
- atlantic pact — North Atlantic Treaty.
- atomic weight — the weight of one atom of an element expressed in atomic mass units: it is the average weight of all the isotopes of the element
- auto-destruct — self-destruct.
- baby elephant — a very young elephant
- bachelor flat — a flat lived in, or intended for a bachelor
- back straight — a straight part of a circuit, esp of an athletics track or a racecourse, furthest from the finishing point
- back to front — If you are wearing something back to front, you are wearing it with the back of it at the front of your body. If you do something back to front, you do it the wrong way around, starting with the part that should come last.
- back-up light — a light on the rear of a motor vehicle to warn others that the vehicle is being reversed
- backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
- baker's yeast — a yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) used in baking as a leavening, as for certain breads
- bakewell tart — an open tart having a pastry base and a layer of jam and filled with almond-flavoured sponge cake
- balance shaft — a shaft in a vehicle engine that is designed to reduce the amount of vibration from other moving parts as it rotates
- balance sheet — A balance sheet is a written statement of the amount of money and property that a company or person has, including amounts of money that are owed or are owing. Balance sheet is also used to refer to the general financial state of a company.
- balanced diet — a diet consisting of the proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth.
- balancing act — If you perform a balancing act, you try to deal successfully with two or more people, groups, or situations that are in opposition to each other.
- bamboozlement — The act or process of bamboozling or being bamboozled.
- bandicoot rat — any of three burrowing rats of the genera Bandicota and Nesokia, of S and SE Asia: family Muridae
- bang on about — If someone bangs on about something, they keep talking about it in a boring or annoying way.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- barbary coast — coastal region of N Africa, extending from Egypt to the Atlantic, inhabited chiefly by Berbers and once (until early 19th cent.) dominated by pirates
- baseline cost — the projected cost for an undertaking at the time it is budgeted
- basement flat — a flat below the ground floor of a building
- bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
- battle it out — If one group or person battles it out with another, they take part in a fight or contest against each other until one of them wins or a definite result is reached. You can also say that two groups or two people battle it out.
- battle jacket — a closefitting jacket reaching to the waist
- be nuts about — to be greatly in love with