14-letter words containing r, e, t, o, u
- through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
- thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
- ticket counter — the place where you buy a ticket for public transport, the theatre, cinema, etc
- tiger mosquito — a large Asian mosquito, Aedes albopictus, introduced into the southern U.S., that is a vector of dengue and other infectious diseases.
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- to cut corners — If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
- to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
- to return fire — If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
- tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- tour-de-france — a bicycle touring race, held over a period of 21 days: it covers about 2500 miles (4000 km) in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland.
- tourist office — information centre for sightseers
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
- trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
- trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- traitorousness — the quality or state of being traitorous
- transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- treasure house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
- treasure trove — If you describe something or someone as a treasure trove of a particular thing, you mean that they are a very good or rich source of that thing.
- treasure-trove — anything of the nature of treasure or a treasury that one finds: Mother's attic was a treasure-trove of memorabilia.
- treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- trouser pocket — a pocket in a pair of trousers
- truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
- trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
- tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- turbo debugger — (programming) A source-level debugger designed for use with Borland and other compilers.
- turbo-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.