14-letter words containing r, o, u, s, t
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- supportiveness — giving support.
- supra-national — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- supreme soviet — the bicameral legislature, comprising the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities; officially the highest organ of state power
- surface-to-air — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from the surface of the earth to a target in the atmosphere.
- surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
- survivor guilt — feelings of guilt for having survived a catastrophe in which others died.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- sweet and sour — Sweet and sour is used to describe Chinese food that contains both a sweet flavour and something sharp or sour such as lemon or vinegar.
- sweet woodruff — any of several plants belonging to the genus Asperula or Galium, of the madder family, as G. odoratum (sweet woodruff) a fragrant plant with small white flowers.
- sweet-and-sour — cooked with sugar and vinegar or lemon juice and often other seasonings.
- t distribution — Student's t distribution.
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tcl consortium — (body) A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
- 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
- terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
- 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
- the true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
- the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- thought shower — brainstorm
- 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
- tiger mosquito — a large Asian mosquito, Aedes albopictus, introduced into the southern U.S., that is a vector of dengue and other infectious diseases.
- till all hours — until very late
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- 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 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'.
- topsy-turvydom — a state of affairs or a region in which everything is topsy-turvy.
- torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.