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18-letter words containing d, e, t, o, r, i

  • student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
  • subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
  • sun-dried tomatoes — tomatoes that have been dried or preserved by exposure to the sun
  • supraorbital ridge — browridge.
  • telford and wrekin — a unitary authority in W Central England, in Shropshire. Pop: 160 300 (2003 est). Area: 289 sq km (112 sq miles)
  • tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
  • tertiary education — education, following secondary education at a school, at a college or university
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • the dark continent — a term for Africa when it was relatively unexplored
  • the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
  • the grand national — an annual steeplechase run at Aintree, Liverpool, since 1839
  • the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
  • the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
  • the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
  • the-dark-continent — Africa: so called, especially during the 19th century, because little was known about it.
  • theodore gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
  • thin on the ground — If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
  • think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
  • thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
  • thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
  • thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
  • to agree to differ — If two people who are arguing about something agree to disagree or agree to differ, they decide to stop arguing because neither of them is going to change their opinion.
  • to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
  • to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
  • to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
  • traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
  • transit theodolite — a theodolite having a telescope that can be transited.
  • transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
  • tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
  • trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
  • tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
  • ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
  • under the aegis of — guided or protected by
  • under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • under-depreciation — decrease in value due to wear and tear, decay, decline in price, etc.
  • under-registration — the act of registering.
  • urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
  • vectorcardiography — a method of determining the direction and magnitude of the electrical forces of the heart.
  • video entry system — a security system whereby a person in a building can see someone who wants to gain access by means of a video image
  • videotape recorder — a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
  • wage determination — the process of setting wage rates or establishing wage structures in particular situations
  • wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
  • water of hydration — the portion of a hydrate that is represented as, or can be expelled as, water: now usually regarded as being in true molecular combination with the other atoms of the compound, and not existing in the compound as water.
  • watson-crick model — a widely accepted model for the three-dimensional structure of DNA, featuring a double-helix configuration for the molecule's two hydrogen-bonded complementary polynucleotide strands.
  • white-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • white-fronted tern — a coastal bird of New Zealand and SE Australia, Sterna striata, with a long black bill, a white breast, and a forked tail
  • wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
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