14-letter words containing r, o, u, l, e, t
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
- telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
- tellurous acid — a white, crystalline powder, H2TeO3
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- 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.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- 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
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- 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.
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
- 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-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
- ultracompetent — extremely competent
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
- ultroneousness — spontaneity; free will
- uncontrollable — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
- uncontrolledly — in an uncontrolled manner
- undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
- underinflation — the lack of sufficient air pressure
- underpopulated — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- unidirectional — operating or moving in one direction only; not changing direction: a unidirectional flow.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unrationalized — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- unsurmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vertical union — industrial union.
- virtual memory — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.