15-letter words containing g, l, u, t, e, n
- single-cut file — a file with teeth in one direction only: used for filing soft material
- sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
- snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- southern lights — aurora australis.
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- structural gene — cistron.
- subintelligence — below average intelligence
- sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- target language — the language into which a text is to be translated from another language. Compare source language (def 1).
- thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- ungentlemanlike — unlike a gentleman
- uninterestingly — in a way that is not interesting
- union catalogue — a catalogue listing every publication held at cooperating libraries
- universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
- unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- unquestioningly — in manner that accepts something without expressing doubt or uncertainty
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- upsetting lever — the horizontal distance between the center of gravity, acting downward, and the center of buoyancy, acting upward, when they are so placed as to form a couple (upsetting couple) tending to capsize the boat.
- wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason