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15-letter words containing e, s, t, r, u

  • technostructure — the group or class of technically skilled administrators, scientists, and engineers who manage and influence business, the economy, and government affairs.
  • temerariousness — the state or condition of being audacious
  • tentaculiferous — having tentacles
  • tequila sunrise — a cocktail, usually consisting of tequila, orange juice, and grenadine. The ingredients have different densities and settle into bands of colour that resemble the sky at sunrise
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • textus receptus — a text of a work that is generally accepted as being genuine or original.
  • the early hours — If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the jury is out — If you say that the jury is out or that the jury is still out on a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject.
  • the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the square mile — the area in central London in which the United Kingdom's major financial business is transacted
  • the undersigned — the person or persons who have signed at the foot of a document, statement, etc
  • the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
  • theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
  • thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
  • thought process — thinking, train of thought
  • thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • title insurance — insurance protecting the owner or mortgagee of real estate from lawsuits or claims arising from a defective title.
  • to do your best — If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
  • to earn a crust — If you earn a crust, you earn enough money to live on, especially by doing work you would prefer not to do.
  • to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  • to good purpose — with a good result or effect; advantageously
  • to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
  • transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • transilluminate — to cause light to pass through.
  • treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
  • tread a measure — to dance
  • treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
  • true-false test — a test requiring one to mark statements as true or false.
  • trust territory — a territory under the administrative control of a country designated by the United Nations.
  • trustee process — (in New England) garnishment (def 1).
  • trustworthiness — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
  • tuberculin test — a test for tuberculosis in which a hypersensitive reaction to a given quantity of tuberculin indicates a past or present infection.
  • tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
  • tungsten rating — a film-speed rating that indicates the relative sensitivity of a particular film stock to light from incandescent lamps with tungsten filaments.
  • turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
  • turgor pressure — the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis
  • turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
  • turn inside out — If you say that something has been turned inside out, you mean that it is the opposite of what you expect or think it should be.
  • turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
  • turn the tables — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
  • turquoise green — a light bluish green.
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