15-letter words containing o, u, d, t
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
- statutory order — a statute that applies further legislation to an existing act
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- strontium oxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- student council — a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.
- students' union — The students' union is the students' organization in a university or college which organizes leisure activities, provides welfare services, and represents students' political interests.
- studhorse poker — stud poker.
- studio audience — spectators on a TV set
- studio portrait — a photograph of a person taken in a studio
- sub-distributor — a person or thing that distributes.
- subduction zone — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- succedent house — any of the four houses that fall between the angular and cadent houses: the second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh houses, which correspond, respectively, to possessions and values, love and creation, shared possessions and resources, and friends and social concerns.
- sulfur trioxide — an irritant, corrosive, low-melting solid, SO 3 , obtained by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide, used as an intermediate in the manufacture of sulfuric acid.
- superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- tall meadow rue — a meadow rue, Thalictrum polygamum.
- tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
- tank foundation — A tank foundation is a base which is designed to support the weight of oil tanks and contain spillage.
- tendentiousness — having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a tendentious novel.
- tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
- the underground — an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels
- the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- thorium dioxide — a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- thought reading — mind reading.
- thousand island — of or relating to the Thousand Islands or their inhabitants
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- to chew the cud — When animals such as cows or sheep chew the cud, they slowly chew their partly-digested food over and over again in their mouth before finally swallowing it.
- to do your best — If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
- to get mixed up — if you get mixed up, you get confused about something
- to good purpose — with a good result or effect; advantageously
- tobacco budworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Heliothis virescens, that damages the buds and young leaves of tobacco.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- torsion modulus — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- truck (on) down — to walk in a carefree, leisurely manner; stroll
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- truth-condition — the circumstances under which a statement is true
- tufted titmouse — a gray titmouse, Parus bicolor, of the eastern and midwestern U.S., having a crested head.