18-letter words containing n, o, u, g, h, t
- prepare the ground — make conditions ready
- runge-kutta method — a numerical method, involving successive approximations, used to solve differential equations.
- shift one's ground — to change one's argument or defense
- shipping documents — documents relating to the sending of a shipment of goods, for example containing details of contents, weight, value etc.
- shotgun microphone — a directional microphone with a narrow-angle range of sensitivity.
- shugart technology — Seagate Technology
- shunting operation — an operation in which rail coaches are manoeuvred
- slip of the tongue — If you describe something you said as a slip of the tongue, you mean that you said it by mistake.
- soft touch sealing — Soft touch sealing is a copolymer seal for a tank, with characteristics designed for softness, used instead of a metal seal to help avoid fire when sparks are generated.
- solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
- song without words — a song which only consists of a tune or melody and does not have any lyrics
- sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
- spaghetti junction — an interchange, usually between motorways, in which there are a large number of underpasses and overpasses and intersecting roads used by a large volume of high-speed traffic
- superstring theory — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- there you go again — Phrases such as there you go again are used to show annoyance at someone who is repeating something that has annoyed you in the past.
- thin on the ground — If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
- thought experiment — Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates.
- to take the plunge — If you take the plunge, you decide to do something that you consider difficult or risky.
- touch-in-goal line — either of the two touchlines at each end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- without obligation — In advertisements, if a product or a service is available without obligation, you do not have to pay for that product or service until you have tried it and are satisfied with it.