14-letter words containing t, e, l, u
- tic douloureux — a condition of momentary stabbing pain along the trigeminal nerve
- time simulator — (simulation) (Tsim) A stack-based simulation language. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- tintinnabulate — to ring
- tissue culture — the technique of cultivating living tissue in a prepared medium outside the body.
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- toilet cubicle — a very small enclosed area containing a toilet
- toluidine blue — a dark green powder, C15H16N3SCl·ZnCl2, used in dyeing textiles, as a biological stain, as a coagulant in medicine, etc.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- total pressure — Total pressure is the total of static pressure p, dynamic pressure q, and gravitational head.
- trade language — a lingua franca, especially one used primarily for trade and conducting business.
- trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
- trapezoid rule — a rule for estimating the area of an irregular figure, by dividing it into parallel strips of equal width, each strip being a trapezium. It can also be adapted to obtaining an approximate value of a definite integral
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- trucial states — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- trumpet player — a person who plays the trumpet
- try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
- tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- tungsten steel — an alloy steel containing tungsten.
- tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
- tunnel of love — a ride in an amusement park consisting of a dark, narrow, covered passageway through which small cars or boats are mechanically conveyed, usually frequented by couples.
- tunny emulator — (hardware, cryptography) A special-purpose computer designed at Bletchley Park (UK) based upon the reverse engineering of the Lorenz Cypher. The Lorenz Cypher was used by the German army to encrypt high command orders for transmission via teleprinter (the Enigma was a field-use cypher). Once the key to a message was discovered (by the computer Colossus) the Tunny machine would be set to decrypt the message. The process took about four days from intercept to printout. The original Tunny machine was built about 1943 and scrapped after the war. In 2011 a working model was re-built at Bletchley Park where it is on display.
- turbo-electric — noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine: turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.
- turbulent flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid varies irregularly.
- turkey vulture — a blackish-brown vulture, Cathartes aura, from the southern U.S. to South America, having a bare, wrinkled, red head and neck.
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- turning circle — the smallest circle in which a vehicle can turn
- ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
- ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
- ultra-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
- ultracompetent — extremely competent