18-letter words containing i, n, e, l

throw oneself into — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
timber rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands.
time of one's life — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to fall into place — If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
to let it be known — If you let it be known that something is the case, or you let something be known, you make sure that people know it or can find out about it.
to lick into shape — If you lick, knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
to save one's life — If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly.
to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
touch-in-goal line — either of the two touchlines at each end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
traffic controller — a person whose job is to control the flow of air traffic
tranquillizer dart — a dart filled with a tranquillizer that is shot from a gun in order to temporarily sedate an animal so that it may be handled safely
transit theodolite — a theodolite having a telescope that can be transited.
transition element — any element in any of the series of elements with atomic numbers 21–29, 39–47, 57–79, and 89–107, that in a given inner orbital has less than a full quota of electrons.
translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
traveling salesman — a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.
travelling library — a mobile library in which a vehicle such as a van delivers books to be borrowed
treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
triarylmethane dye — any of the class of dyes containing three aryl groups attached to a central carbon atom: used chiefly for dyeing cotton, wool, and silk.
trickle irrigation — drip irrigation.
tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
turbine ventilator — a ventilator, usually mounted on the roof of a building, deck of a ship, etc., having at its head a globular, vaned rotor that is rotated by the wind, conveying air through a duct to and from a chamber below.
turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
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
unenthusiastically — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
unilateral neglect — a symptom of brain damage in which a person is unaware of one side of his or her body and of anything in the external world on the same side
unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
unit-linked policy — a life-assurance policy, the investment benefits of which are directly in proportion to the number of units in a unit trust purchased on the policyholder's behalf
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.
universalizability — the thesis that any moral judgment must be equally applicable to every relevantly identical situation
university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
unix international — (body) (UI) A consortium including Sun, AT&T and others formed to promote an open environment based on Unix System V, including the Open Look windowing system.
upper partial tone — overtone (def 1).
uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
vermilion rockfish — a scarlet-red rockfish, Sebastes miniatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America, important as a food fish.
victor emmanuel ii — 1820–78, king of Sardinia 1849–78; first king of Italy 1861–78.
video installation — an art installation incorporating video footage
video surveillance — a system of monitoring activity in an area or building using a television system in which signals are transmitted from a television camera to the receivers by cables or telephone links forming a closed circuit

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