14-letter words containing r, o, t, u, n
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- ticket counter — the place where you buy a ticket for public transport, the theatre, cinema, etc
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- to cut and run — If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.
- to cut corners — If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
- to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
- to return fire — If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- to run foul of — If you run foul of someone or fall foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
- 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
- tour d'horizon — a general survey; overview.
- 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.
- 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.
- transductional — of or relating to transduction
- transfusionist — a medical professional who transfuses blood into someone
- 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
- transpulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- transvaluation — to reestimate the value of, especially on a basis differing from accepted standards; reappraise; reevaluate.
- traumatization — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- 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
- trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
- truth-function — a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.
- 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.
- turbogenerator — a large electrical generator driven by a steam turbine
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- turn indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the angular rate of turn of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
- turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- turn on a dime — change direction quickly
- ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
- ultra-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultramontanism — the policy of the party in the Roman Catholic Church that favors increasing and enhancing the power and authority of the pope.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- ultroneousness — spontaneity; free will