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15-letter words containing o, u, t, a

  • tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
  • 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.
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • thank you ma'am — a bump or depression in a road that jars a person riding over it.
  • thank-you-ma'am — a bump or depression in a road that jars a person riding over it.
  • the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
  • the early hours — If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
  • the midas touch — ability to make money
  • the outward man — the body as opposed to the soul
  • the rule of law — the principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law
  • the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
  • the upper karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
  • the war-wounded — those people who have been injured or wounded by war
  • thermal equator — an imaginary line round the earth running through the point on each meridian with the highest average temperature. It lies mainly to the north because of the larger landmasses and therefore greater summer heating
  • thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thiobarbiturate — a barbiturate in which a sulphur atom has replaced one oxygen atom
  • thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • thousand island — of or relating to the Thousand Islands or their inhabitants
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • titius-bode law — Bode's law.
  • to earn a crust — If you earn a crust, you earn enough money to live on, especially by doing work you would prefer not to do.
  • to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  • to fall foul of — If you fall foul of someone or run foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
  • to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
  • to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
  • 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).
  • torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
  • toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
  • touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • tourist traffic — the number of tourists that visit an area
  • trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
  • transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
  • transform fault — a strike-slip fault that offsets a mid-ocean ridge in opposing directions on either side of an axis of seafloor spreading.
  • traumatological — relating to traumatology
  • travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
  • troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
  • 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.
  • tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
  • turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
  • turf accountant — bookmaker (def 1).
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