13-letter words containing t, o, r, u, l
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- court-martial — a court consisting of military or naval personnel appointed by a commander to try charges of offenses by soldiers, sailors, etc., against military or naval law.
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- crosscultural — Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crowd trouble — bad behaviour by fans at a sports match
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
- culver's root — a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- deculturation — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- default route — (networking) A routing table entry which is used to direct packets addressed to hosts or networks not explicitly listed in the routing table.
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- deuteranomaly — a milder form of deuteranopia; partial deuteranopia
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
- direct labour — work that is an essential part of a production process or the provision of a service
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dolly mixture — a mixture of small coloured sweets
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- dual controls — If a vehicle used by a driving instructor has dual controls, it has pedals on the passenger's side as well as on the driver's side to allow the driving instructor to brake should the learner try to move off when it is dangerous to do so
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- electrocution — The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
- electron tube — (electronics) (Or tube, vacuum tube, UK: valve, electron valve, thermionic valve, firebottle, glassfet) An electronic component consisting of a space exhausted of gas to such an extent that electrons may move about freely, and two or more electrodes with external connections. Nearly all tubes are of the thermionic type where one electrode, called the cathode, is heated, and electrons are emitted from its surface with a small energy (typically a Volt or less). A second electrode, called the anode (plate) will attract the electrons when it is positive with respect to the cathode, allowing current in one direction but not the other. In types which are used for amplification of signals, additional electrodes, called grids, beam-forming electrodes, focussing electrodes and so on according to their purpose, are introduced between cathode and plate and modify the flow of electrons by electrostatic attraction or (usually) repulsion. A voltage change on a grid can control a substantially greater change in that between cathode and anode. Unlike semiconductors, except perhaps for FETs, the movement of electrons is simply a function of electrostatic field within the active region of the tube, and as a consequence of the very low mass of the electron, the currents can be changed quickly. Moreover, there is no limit to the current density in the space, and the electrodes which do dissapate power are usually metal and can be cooled with forced air, water, or other refrigerants. Today these features cause tubes to be the active device of choice when the signals to be amplified are a power levels of more than about 500 watts. The first electronic digital computers used hundreds of vacuum tubes as their active components which, given the reliability of these devices, meant the computers needed frequent repairs to keep them operating. The chief causes of unreliability are the heater used to heat the cathode and the connector into which the tube was plugged. Vacuum tube manufacturers in the US are nearly a thing of the past, with the exception of the special purpose types used in broadcast and image sensing and displays. Eimac, GE, RCA, and the like would probably refer to specific types such as "Beam Power Tetrode" and the like, and rarely use the generic terms. The cathode ray tube is a special purpose type based on these principles which is used for the visual display in television and computers. X-ray tubes are diodes (two element tubes) used at high voltage; a tungsten anode emits the energetic photons when the energetic electrons hit it. Magnetrons use magnetic fields to constrain the electrons; they provide very simple, high power, ultra-high frequency signals for radar, microwave ovens, and the like. Klystrons amplify signals at high power and microwave frequencies.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- eleventh hour — If someone does something at the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment.
- enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
- equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
- equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
- estrous cycle — the regular female reproductive cycle of most placental mammals that is under hormonal control and includes a period of heat, followed by ovulation and complex changes of the uterine lining
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.