18-letter words containing n, e, u, s, t
- to lose your nerve — If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.
- to pull a fast one — If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
- to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
- to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
- torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
- transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
- transit instrument — Astronomy. meridian circle.
- tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
- true to one's word — If you are true to your word or as good as your word, you do what you say you will do.
- trustee investment — an investment in which trustees are authorized to invest money belonging to a trust fund
- tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
- turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
- turn on one's heel — to turn around abruptly
- turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- turn one's hand to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- turn up one's nose — to behave disdainfully towards (something)
- turn up one's toes — to die
- 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
- ultrasound scanner — a device used to examine an internal bodily structure by the use of ultrasonic waves, esp for the diagnosis of abnormality in a fetus
- under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- under-registration — the act of registering.
- unenthusiastically — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- united arab states — a former (1958–61) federation of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) and Yemen.
- united nations day — the anniversary of the United Nations on October 24, marking its founding in 1945.
- united states army — the permanent or regular military land force of the United States, under the authority of the Department of Defense since 1947. Abbreviation: USA.
- united states navy — the permanent or regular naval force of the United States, under the authority of the Department of Defense since 1947. Abbreviation: USN.
- universal negative — a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e.
- 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
- university heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- university student — a student enrolled in a university
- up to one's elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
- up to one's tricks — If you say that someone is up to their tricks or up to their old tricks, you disapprove of them because they are behaving in the dishonest or deceitful way in which they typically behave.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- 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.
- veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
- vosges (mountains) — mountain range in NE France, west of the Rhine: highest peak, c. 4,700 ft (1,433 m)
- weberian apparatus — (in certain fishes) a chain of small bones and ligaments connecting the inner ear with the air bladder.
- west puente valley — a town in SW California.
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- white man's burden — the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions.
- wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
- without hesitation — immediately, willingly
- woman of the house — lady of the house.
- women at point sur — a narrative poem (1927) by Robinson Jeffers.
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood