15-letter words containing l, g, u
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- subintelligence — below average intelligence
- subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
- sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
- sulphur springs — a town in NE Texas.
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- surgeon general — the chief of medical services in one of the armed forces.
- surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
- surgical spirit — Surgical spirit is a liquid which is used to clean wounds or surgical instruments. It consists mainly of alcohol.
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- 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).
- the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
- training manual — instructional book
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- traumatological — relating to traumatology
- 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.
- truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
- 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.
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- 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.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- 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
- unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
- unchronological — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- underfulfilling — falling short of satisfactory
- underprivileged — denied the enjoyment of the normal privileges or rights of a society because of low economic and social status.
- 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
- ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
- 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.
- unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.