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19-letter words containing s, c, r, o, u, n

  • synchronous machine — an alternating-current machine in which the average speed of normal operation is exactly proportional to the frequency of the system to which it is connected.
  • take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
  • the four corners of — You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other.
  • to lick your wounds — If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.
  • to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
  • to suck someone dry — If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • training instructor — a person who teaches people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
  • trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
  • trusteeship council — a United Nations body that supervises the government of a territory by a foreign country
  • u.s. robotics, inc. — (company)   A US modem manufacturer. Finger: usr.com. E-mail: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> (USA and Canada), <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> (Europe), <[email protected]> (other).
  • ultrasonic cleaning — the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid. The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items
  • under consideration — being deliberated
  • under one's control — If something is under your control, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
  • under police escort — If you go somewhere or are taken somewhere under police escort, you go there accompanied by a police escort.
  • upper carboniferous — Pennsylvanian (defs 2, 4).
  • vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
  • with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
  • young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998
  • zero-hours contract — an employment contract which does not oblige the employer to provide regular work for the employee, but requires the employee to be on call in the event that work becomes available
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