0%

19-letter words containing s, u, r, e, y

  • suspension geometry — Suspension geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a suspension system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
  • suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
  • 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.
  • system requirements — specifications needed to run a program
  • the open university — (in Britain) a university founded in 1969 for mature students studying by television and radio lectures, correspondence courses, local counselling, and summer schools
  • theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
  • to click your heels — If someone such as a soldier clicks their heels, they make a sound by knocking the heels of their shoes together when saluting or greeting someone.
  • to follow your nose — If you follow your nose to get to a place, you go straight ahead or follow the most obvious route.
  • to keep to yourself — If you keep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
  • to lose your temper — If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
  • 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.
  • to wet your whistle — To wet your whistle means to have a drink.
  • tourette's syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.
  • trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
  • ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
  • united presbyterian — a member of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, founded in Pittsburgh in 1858 by a union of two Presbyterian groups.
  • university entrance — an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
  • university hospital — a hospital that is affiliated with a university. University hospitals provide clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
  • with your eyes open — If you say that you did something with your eyes open or with your eyes wide open, you mean that you knew about the problems and difficulties that you were likely to have.
  • young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998
  • your hands are tied — If you say that your hands are tied, you mean that something is preventing you from acting in the way that you want to.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?