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19-letter words containing t, a, n, g, l, i

  • thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
  • three-point landing — an aircraft landing in which the two wheels of the main landing gear and the tail or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously.
  • to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • traveling-wave tube — an electron tube used in microwave communications systems, having an electron beam directed coaxially through a wire helix to produce amplification.
  • travelling expenses — expenses that are paid to someone, for example, by their employer, for the costs they need to travel
  • travelling salesman — A travelling salesman is a salesman who travels to different places and meets people in order to sell goods or take orders.
  • trentino-alto adige — a region in NE Italy. 870,238; 5256 sq. mi. (13.615 sq. km).
  • triangle inequality — the theorem that the absolute value of the sum of two quantities is less than or equal to the sum of the absolute values of the quantities.
  • triangulum australe — a small bright triangular constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Ara and the Southern Cross, that contains an open star cluster
  • trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.
  • ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
  • 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
  • up against the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
  • valley of the kings — a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.
  • vigilance committee — an unauthorized committee of citizens organized for the maintenance of order and the summary punishment of crime in the absence of regular or efficient courts.
  • vocational guidance — the process of assisting a student to choose, prepare for, and enter an occupation for which he or she shows aptitude.
  • wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
  • wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
  • waterglass painting — stereochromy.
  • wild bleeding-heart — a plant, Dicentra eximia, of the fumitory family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having elongated clusters of drooping, heart-shaped rose-colored or pink flowers.
  • writing on the wall — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
  • yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters
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