18-letter words containing m, o, t, r, e, c
- tetrachloromethane — carbon tetrachloride.
- the uncircumcision — the gentiles
- thermionic current — an electric current produced by the flow of thermions.
- thermoelectrometer — an instrument for measuring a charge or voltage by means of the heat it produces in a resistance.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
- thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
- to cut the mustard — If someone does not cut the mustard, their work or their performance is not as good as it should be or as good as it is expected to be.
- to fall from grace — If someone falls from grace, they suddenly stop being successful or popular.
- to meet your match — If you meet your match, you find that you are competing or fighting against someone who you cannot beat because they are as good as you, or better than you.
- track geometry car — a railroad car equipped with instruments for providing a continuous printed record of the cross level, gauge, alignment, warp, curvature, and bank of a track.
- two-chamber system — the system of having two parliamentary chambers, as the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the United Kingdom
- under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unfair competition — acts done by a seller to confuse or deceive the public with intent to acquire a larger portion of the market, as by cutting prices below cost, misleading advertising, selling a spurious product under a false identity, etc.
- urban contemporary — popular dance music incorporating elements of rap, rhythm-and-blues, funk, and soul.
- victor emmanuel ii — 1820–78, king of Sardinia 1849–78; first king of Italy 1861–78.
- watson-crick model — a widely accepted model for the three-dimensional structure of DNA, featuring a double-helix configuration for the molecule's two hydrogen-bonded complementary polynucleotide strands.
- white-collar crime — any of various crimes, as embezzlement, fraud, or stealing office equipment, committed by business or professional people while working at their occupations.
- writ of attachment — a document by which a court orders the seizing of property in order to ensure satisfaction of a judgement
- x-ray spectrometer — a spectrometer using x-rays to activate the inner electrons of an atom in order to separate and identify the chemical constituents of a substance and their concentrations.
- x-ray spectrometry — the use of an x-ray spectrometer.