18-letter words containing e, n, r, o, u

store launch event — A store launch event is a special event, which publicizes the opening of a new store and at which discounts and free samples may be offered.
strontium monoxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
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.
summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
sun-dried tomatoes — tomatoes that have been dried or preserved by exposure to the sun
sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
superior vena cava — See under vena cava.
superstring theory — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
take out insurance — take out insurance against something
teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
tertiary education — education, following secondary education at a school, at a college or university
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
the uncircumcision — the gentiles
there you go again — Phrases such as there you go again are used to show annoyance at someone who is repeating something that has annoyed you in the past.
thermionic current — an electric current produced by the flow of thermions.
thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
thin on the ground — If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
thought experiment — Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates.
to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
to be above ground — to be alive
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to lose your nerve — If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.
to open your heart — If you open your heart or pour out your heart to someone, you tell them your most private thoughts and feelings.
to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
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.
torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
true to one's word — If you are true to your word or as good as your word, you do what you say you will do.
tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
turbine ventilator — a ventilator, usually mounted on the roof of a building, deck of a ship, etc., having at its head a globular, vaned rotor that is rotated by the wind, conveying air through a duct to and from a chamber below.
turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
turn on one's heel — to turn around abruptly
turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
turn one's hand to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
turn up one's nose — to behave disdainfully towards (something)
turn up one's toes — to die
two-minute warning — a time-out called by an official to notify both teams that two minutes remain in a half.
ultralow frequency — an electromagnetic wave with a frequency between 300 and 3000 hertz. Abbreviation: ULF, ulf.
ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact

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