18-letter words containing g, u, r, s
- to spill your guts — if someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private
- torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
- tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
- ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
- ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- under-registration — the act of registering.
- universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
- universal debugger — (tool, parallel) (udb) KSR's interactive source level debugger for serial and parallel programs written in KSR, Fortran, KSR C and KSR1 assembly language. Udb is a source level debugger for testing and debugging serial and parallel programs; it is compatible with GDB and dbx. The user can direct udb either by typing commands or graphically through an X-based window interface; the latter provides simultaneous display of source code, I/O and instructions. For parallel programs, operations can be carried out per-thread.
- universal language — an auxiliary language that is used and understood everywhere.
- universal negative — a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e.
- universal suffrage — suffrage for all persons over a certain age, usually 18 or 21, who in other respects satisfy the requirements established by law.
- university heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
- work your guts out — If you say that you are working your guts out or slogging your guts out, you are emphasizing that you are working as hard as you can.
- work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.
- working men's club — A working men's club is a place where working people, especially men, can go to relax, drink alcoholic drinks, and sometimes watch live entertainment.
- wrangell mountains — a mountain range in SE Alaska, extending into the Yukon, Canada. Highest peak: Mount Blackburn, 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- wrongful dismissal — the act of making someone redundant for reasons which are illegal or unjust
- young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party