14-letter words containing e, u, l, o
- the full monty — something in its entirety
- the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- theologoumenon — a theological assertion or statement not derived from divine revelation
- theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- toilet cubicle — a very small enclosed area containing a toilet
- toluidine blue — a dark green powder, C15H16N3SCl·ZnCl2, used in dyeing textiles, as a biological stain, as a coagulant in medicine, etc.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
- tunnel of love — a ride in an amusement park consisting of a dark, narrow, covered passageway through which small cars or boats are mechanically conveyed, usually frequented by couples.
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- turbo-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- ultroneousness — spontaneity; free will
- un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- uncollectables — things that are not collectable