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15-letter words containing g, r, o, u, t

  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
  • rotary debugger — (Commodore) Essential equipment for those late-night or early-morning debugging sessions. Mainly used as sustenance for the hacker. Comes in many decorator colours, such as Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage.
  • rouget de lisle — Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1760–1836, French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.
  • rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
  • routeing domain — (networking)   (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • shoulder-length — Shoulder-length hair is long enough to reach your shoulders.
  • smoker's tongue — Pathology. leukoplakia in the mouth caused by irritation due to smoking.
  • soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
  • 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 gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
  • southern lights — aurora australis.
  • spill your guts — If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
  • squeeze through — to press forcibly together; compress.
  • staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
  • stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
  • steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
  • stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
  • supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
  • supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • surge protector — a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
  • the underground — an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels
  • thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
  • thought process — thinking, train of thought
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • to good purpose — with a good result or effect; advantageously
  • to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
  • toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
  • trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
  • traumatological — relating to traumatology
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
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