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16-letter words containing t, e, l, i, u

  • striped squirrel — any squirrel with stripes on its back, as a chipmunk.
  • sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
  • summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
  • summational tone — a musical sound sometimes heard when two loud notes are sounded together, higher in pitch than either
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
  • sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
  • superficialities — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
  • susceptibilities — emotional sensibilities; feelings
  • sustaining pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
  • sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
  • taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
  • telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
  • the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
  • the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the hitler youth — a Nazi paramilitary youth organization (1922-45)
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
  • the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
  • the union school — a historic building located at 516-518 Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Built in 1773, the Union School was one of the earliest public schools in Pennsylvania, and the first that did not discriminate based on social position or religious preference
  • thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
  • through the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
  • thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
  • tierra del fuego — a group of islands at the S tip of South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan: jointly owned by Argentina and Chile; boundary disputed. 27,476 sq. mi. (71,165 sq. km).
  • to bite your lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
  • tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
  • tool builder kit — (tool)   (TBK) A product from IPSYS which allows users to develop CASE tools appropriate to any software engineering methodology.
  • topless swimsuit — swimsuit which has no covering for the breasts
  • torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
  • transalpine gaul — an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
  • trapezoidal rule — a numerical method for evaluating the area between a curve and an axis by approximating the area with the areas of trapezoids.
  • travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
  • tray agriculture — hydroponics.
  • triangular trade — American History. a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the African Gold Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum.
  • turn a blind eye — pretend not to see sth
  • tuxtla gutierrez — a state in S Mexico. 28,732 sq. mi. (74,415 sq. km). Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
  • two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
  • ultra-liberalism — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
  • ultracrepidarian — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • ultraminiaturize — to reduce to an ultraminiature size or scale.
  • unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
  • uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
  • unconventionally — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
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