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18-letter words containing s, t, e, r, i

  • to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
  • torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
  • transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
  • transient response — A transient response of a circuit is a temporary change in the way that it behaves due to an external excitation, that will disappear with time.
  • transit instrument — Astronomy. meridian circle.
  • transit theodolite — a theodolite having a telescope that can be transited.
  • transition element — any element in any of the series of elements with atomic numbers 21–29, 39–47, 57–79, and 89–107, that in a given inner orbital has less than a full quota of electrons.
  • translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
  • transmission brake — A transmission brake is a brake that operates on the transmission system of a vehicle rather than directly on the wheels.
  • transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
  • transrectification — rectification occurring in one circuit as a result of the application of an alternating voltage to another circuit.
  • transverse section — cross section (def 1).
  • traveling salesman — a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.
  • treasury of merits — the superabundant store of merits and satisfactions, comprising those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
  • treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
  • treaty of rijswijk — a treaty signed at Rijswijk in the Netherlands in 1697, ending the War of the Grand Alliance
  • triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
  • tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
  • tristimulus values — three values that together are used to describe a colour and are the amounts of three reference colours that can be mixed to give the same visual sensation as the colour considered
  • trobriand islander — a native or inhabitant of the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea
  • trustee investment — an investment in which trustees are authorized to invest money belonging to a trust fund
  • tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
  • tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
  • turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
  • ulcerative colitis — chronic ulceration in the large intestine, characterized by painful abdominal cramps and profuse diarrhea containing pus, blood, and mucus.
  • ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
  • ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
  • under the aegis of — guided or protected by
  • under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • under-registration — the act of registering.
  • united arab states — a former (1958–61) federation of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) and Yemen.
  • united states army — the permanent or regular military land force of the United States, under the authority of the Department of Defense since 1947. Abbreviation: USA.
  • universal negative — a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e.
  • universalizability — the thesis that any moral judgment must be equally applicable to every relevantly identical situation
  • university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
  • university heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • university student — a student enrolled in a university
  • up to one's tricks — If you say that someone is up to their tricks or up to their old tricks, you disapprove of them because they are behaving in the dishonest or deceitful way in which they typically behave.
  • urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
  • uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
  • venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
  • video entry system — a security system whereby a person in a building can see someone who wants to gain access by means of a video image
  • virginia snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
  • visiting professor — a professor from another institution invited to teach at a university or college for a limited period, usually for a semester or one academic year.
  • voter registration — the requirement of citizens to become registered in order to vote
  • wandering minstrel — travelling performer
  • wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
  • warehouse capacity — the amount of storage space in a warehouse
  • warrant of fitness — a six-monthly certificate required for motor vehicles certifying mechanical soundness
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