16-letter words containing a, l, t, u, s
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- to call it quits — If you say that you are going to call it quits, you mean that you have decided to stop doing something or being involved in something.
- to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- toulouse-lautrec — Henri Marie Raymond de [ahn-ree ma-ree re-mawn duh] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri rɛˈmɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1864–1901, French painter and lithographer.
- trailing arbutus — Also called arbutus, mayflower. a creeping eastern North American plant, Epigaea repens, of the heath family, having leathery, oval leaves and terminal clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers.
- trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
- transalpine gaul — an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- transculturation — acculturation.
- transilluminator — to cause light to pass through.
- transverse flute — the normal orchestral flute, as opposed to the recorder (or fipple flute)
- travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- ultra-liberalism — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
- ultramicroscopic — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultranationalism — extreme devotion to or advocacy of the interests of a nation, especially regardless of the effect on any other nations.
- ultranationalist — an advocate of ultranationalism.
- uncircumstantial — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
- unconstitutional — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
- unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- unissued capital — authorized capital that has not yet been issued as shares
- universalization — to make universal.
- unostentatiously — (of a person) in a manner that is not trying to impress people with one's wealth or importance
- unsystematically — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- ununderstandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
- vestibular nerve — the part of the auditory nerve in the inner ear that carries sensory information related to body equilibrium.
- victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
- visual interface — (tool, text) (vi) /V-I/, /vi:/, *never* /siks/ A screen editor crufted together by Bill Joy for an early BSD release. vi became the de facto standard Unix editor and a nearly undisputed hacker favourite outside of MIT until the rise of Emacs after about 1984. It tends to frustrate new users no end, as it will neither take commands while expecting input text nor vice versa, and the default setup provides no indication of which mode the editor is in (one correspondent accordingly reports that he has often heard the editor's name pronounced /vi:l/). Nevertheless it is still widely used (about half the respondents in a 1991 Usenet poll preferred it), and even some Emacs fans resort to it as a mail editor and for small editing jobs (mainly because it starts up faster than the bulkier versions of Emacs). See holy wars.
- visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
- visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
- vitruvian scroll — a scroll forming a stylized wave pattern.
- voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- well-illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.