15-letter words containing r, e, t, i, m
- transition team — a group of people who manage the transition between one system, administrative regime, etc and another
- transmissometer — an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
- tribromoethanol — a white, crystalline powder, C 2 H 3 Br 3 O, used as a basal anesthetic.
- tricolor camera — a camera for taking color photographs in which three separation negatives are exposed simultaneously by splitting the light from the subject with prisms and mirrors, and exposing through appropriate filters.
- trine immersion — a form of baptism in which the candidate is immersed three times, once for each person of the Trinity.
- trondheim fiord — an inlet of the North Sea, extending into N Norway. 80 miles (129 km) long.
- trondheim fjord — an inlet of the Norwegian Sea in Norway, and Norway's third longest fjord, near which is the port of Trondheim
- 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.
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- turnaround time — the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
- tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
- twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- udmurt republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the basin of the middle Kama. Capital: Izhevsk. Pop: 1 570 500 (2002). Area: 42 100 sq km (16 250 sq miles)
- ulterior motive — secret or underlying aim
- ultimate-stress — the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultracommercial — concerned with nothing but profit
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- ultraliberalism — a belief in or support for an extremely liberal political party or doctrine
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- ultramicrometer — a micrometer calibrated to a very fine scale and capable of measuring extremely small magnitudes.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- underinvestment — insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit
- unfamiliarities — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- unintermittedly — in an unintermitted manner
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- unmaterialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- unparliamentary — not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- untransmissible — intransmissible
- upper extremity — arm
- varicocelectomy — the surgical removal or ligation of varicose veins in the scrotal sac.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- vestimentiferan — any of various marine tubeworms of the phylum Vestimentifera or Pogonophora, which live in upright tubes near hydrothermal vents.
- victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
- virtual machine — Also called system virtual machine. a self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer, with no access to the host operating system: When an application runs in a virtual machine, there is little chance that it will damage files or applications in the host system.
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- vitreous humour — the aqueous fluid contained within the interstices of the vitreous body
- volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
- water pimpernel — the brookweed.
- welfare statism — the belief in or practices of a welfare state.