14-letter words containing r, u, n, o
- 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
- un-apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- un-resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- unappreciation — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- unappropriated — not set apart or voted for some purpose or use, as money, revenues, etc.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons
- unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
- uncircumcision — the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
- uncomprehended — not comprehended or understood
- uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- uncomputerized — not computerized; not equipped with, involving, or making use of computers
- unconcentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
- unconciliatory — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.