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15-letter words containing t, a, u, g

  • south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
  • staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
  • stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • structural gene — cistron.
  • sturm und drang — a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism.
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
  • suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
  • surgical spirit — Surgical spirit is a liquid which is used to clean wounds or surgical instruments. It consists mainly of alcohol.
  • surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
  • syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
  • take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • target language — the language into which a text is to be translated from another language. Compare source language (def 1).
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
  • toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
  • training manual — instructional book
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
  • traumatological — relating to traumatology
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
  • tungsten rating — a film-speed rating that indicates the relative sensitivity of a particular film stock to light from incandescent lamps with tungsten filaments.
  • ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
  • ulysses s grantCary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
  • unaccommodating — easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • uncommunicating — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
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