18-letter words containing r, e, s, o, u, n
- 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.
- 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.
- 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) seal — in a document authenticated by one's seal
- 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.
- universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
- 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.
- veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
- 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
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
- women at point sur — a narrative poem (1927) by Robinson Jeffers.
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
- work out the kinks — If someone works out the kinks in a situation, they resolve the problems associated with it.
- work-study student — a student who is permitted to work while studying, and use the money earned to pay for their studies
- 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)
- young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party
- zone of saturation — the ground below the water table