19-letter words containing g, s, u
- sun-and-planet gear — a planetary epicyclic gear train.
- superhigh frequency — any frequency between 3000 and 30,000 megahertz. Abbreviation: SHF.
- supplementary angle — either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 180°.
- suspension geometry — Suspension geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a suspension system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
- suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
- swimming instructor — sb who teaches people to swim
- take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
- tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
- the bluegrass state — Kentucky
- the finishing touch — If you add the finishing touches to something, you add or do the last things that are necessary to complete it.
- theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
- thrust augmentation — an increase in the thrust of a jet or rocket engine, as by afterburning or reheating.
- to be running short — If you are running short of something or running low on something, you do not have much of it left. If a supply of something is running short or running low, there is not much of it left.
- to give sb a leg up — to help with climbing
- to reserve judgment — If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.
- traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
- training instructor — a person who teaches people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
- triangulum australe — a small bright triangular constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Ara and the Southern Cross, that contains an open star cluster
- ultrasonic cleaning — the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid. The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items
- unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
- under the spotlight — If someone or something comes under the spotlight, they are thoroughly examined, especially by journalists and the public.
- up against the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
- vulvovaginal glands — the small gland on either side of the lower part of the vagina
- wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
- young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998
- zero-base budgeting — a process in government and corporate finance of justifying an overall budget or individual budgeted items each fiscal year or each review period rather than dealing only with proposed changes from a previous budget. Abbreviation: ZBB.