18-letter words containing t, g, s
- universal negative — a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e.
- university heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
- virginia snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- visiting professor — a professor from another institution invited to teach at a university or college for a limited period, usually for a semester or one academic year.
- vosges (mountains) — mountain range in NE France, west of the Rhine: highest peak, c. 4,700 ft (1,433 m)
- voter registration — the requirement of citizens to become registered in order to vote
- wandering minstrel — travelling performer
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- winged everlasting — a bushy composite plant, Ammobium alatum, of Australia, having winged branches, javelin-shaped leaves, and white flowers.
- with flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
- work your guts out — If you say that you are working your guts out or slogging your guts out, you are emphasizing that you are working as hard as you can.
- work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.
- working hypothesis — See under hypothesis (def 1).
- wrangell mountains — a mountain range in SE Alaska, extending into the Yukon, Canada. Highest peak: Mount Blackburn, 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- xml template pages — (web) (XTP) JSP transformed by XSL stylesheets. An XTP page is basically a JSP page which specifies an XSL stylesheet. The XSL specifies how selected tags in the XTP page should be rewritten. All other tags are passed through unchanged and so treated as standard JSP. JSP programmers can use XTP used as an easy introduction to XSL, incrementally applying styles to their pages.
- young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party