18-letter words containing n, o, s, l, u
- super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
- sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
- telecommunications — Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.
- temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
- the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
- the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
- the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
- the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
- to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
- to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
- to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
- 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.
- tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
- 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
- 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
- unconstitutionally — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
- under (one's) seal — in a document authenticated by one's seal
- universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
- up someone's alley — suited to someone's tastes or abilities
- up to one's elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
- uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
- 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
- wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
- 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
- yellow honeysuckle — a spreading, twining vine, Lonicera flava, of the southern and eastern U.S., having fragrant, tubular, orange-yellow flowers.