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22-letter words containing t, r, e, l

  • split-screen technique — a cinematic device by which two or more complete images are projected simultaneously onto separate parts of the screen
  • sports injuries clinic — a medical clinic that specializes in treating sports injuries
  • st-pierre and miquelon — group of islands in the Atlantic, south of Newfoundland, constituting a political unit of France: includes the islands of St-Pierre (c. 10 sq mi, 26 sq km) & Miquelon & several islets: 93 sq mi (241 sq km); pop. 6,000
  • start the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
  • stereospecific polymer — an organic polymer in which the steric arrangements of groups on asymmetric carbon atoms occur in a regular sequence
  • straining at the leash — eagerly impatient to begin something
  • stratford de redcliffe — 1st Viscount (Stratford Canning) 1786–1880, English diplomat.
  • structural engineering — the branch of civil engineering dealing with the design and planning of large structures
  • struggle for existence — the competition in nature among organisms of a population to maintain themselves in a given environment and to survive to reproduce others of their kind.
  • student volunteer army — a students' voluntary organization that aims to undertake useful work in communities, founded in 2010 to help clear up after a damaging earthquake in Christchurch
  • subjective probability — a measure or estimate of the degree of confidence one may have in the occurrence of an event, defined by subjective criteria
  • subliminal advertising — a form of advertising on film or television that employs subliminal images to influence the viewer unconsciously
  • supplementary question — a question asked in Parliament by an MP during Questions to the Prime Minister
  • supreme judicial court — (often initial capital letters) the highest court in some states, as Massachusetts and Maine.
  • surface effect vehicle — ACV (def 2).
  • tactile user interface — (interface)   (TUI) Hardware and software to provide access to computer-based graphical[?] information using touch, often intended for blind people. See also haptics.
  • talk someone's arm off — to talk to someone at great length or without pause
  • talk through one's hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • tapered roller bearing — a rolling bearing that uses tapered rollers running in coned races and is able to accept axial thrust as well as providing shaft location
  • tear sb limb from limb — If someone threatens to tear you limb from limb, they mean that they are extremely angry with you, and may use violence against you.
  • tell it to the marines — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
  • tell someone's fortune — position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
  • temporal lobe epilepsy — a type of seizure disorder produced by abnormal electric discharges in the temporal lobe of the brain, characterized by the occurrence of any of a variety of auras followed by a brief loss of consciousness with accompanying repetitive, automatic movements.
  • temporal-lobe epilepsy — a type of seizure disorder produced by abnormal electric discharges in the temporal lobe of the brain, characterized by the occurrence of any of a variety of auras followed by a brief loss of consciousness with accompanying repetitive, automatic movements.
  • temporary life annuity — an annuity that ceases upon the death of the annuitant or upon the expiration of a period of time, whichever occurs first.
  • textual user interface — (interface)   (TUI) Either a text-based version of a GUI, or a full-screen version of a CLI.
  • the atlantic provinces — certain of the Canadian provinces with coasts facing the Gulf of St Lawrence or the Atlantic: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador
  • the chattering classes — the educated sections of society, considered as enjoying discussion of political, social, and cultural issues
  • the edinburgh festival — an arts festival held in Edinburgh in August
  • the golden gate bridge — a bridge crossing the strait between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay, with a central span of 1280 m (4200 ft)
  • the great leap forward — the attempt by the People's Republic of China in 1959–60 to solve the country's economic problems by labour-intensive industrialization
  • the long-hours culture — the prevailing view that it is normal to work long hours; the practice of working long hours
  • the medical profession — the occupation of working as a doctor of medicine
  • the muslim brotherhood — a transnational Islamic religious and political organization dedicated to the establishment of a nation based on Islamic principles, founded in Egypt in 1928
  • the sb/sth before last — You use expressions such as the night before last, the election before last and the leader before last to refer to the period of time, event, or person that came immediately before the most recent one in a series.
  • the straits of florida — a sea passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba, linking the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico
  • the-leaning-tower-pisa — a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).
  • theoretical arithmetic — arithmetic (def 2).
  • thermal imaging camera — a camera that can make infrared radiation visible
  • thermal imaging system — equipment providing images of a target, or of a person or thing under examination
  • thermonuclear reaction — a nuclear-fusion reaction that takes place between the nuclei of a gas, especially hydrogen, heated to a temperature of several million degrees.
  • thiamine-hydrochloride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
  • three-wattled bellbird — any of several birds having a loud bell-like cry, especially Anthornis melanura, a honey eater of New Zealand, and Procnias tricarunculata (three-wattled bellbird) of Central America.
  • threespine stickleback — a widely distributed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters throughout the northern hemisphere.
  • through-the-lens meter — a light meter employing a sensor cell located behind the taking lens.
  • time complex simulator — (simulation)   (Tcsim) Complex arithmetic version of Tsim. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
  • time-lapse photography — the photographing on motion-picture film of a slow and continuous process, as the growth of a plant, at regular intervals, especially by exposing a single frame at a time, for projection at a higher speed.
  • to be full to bursting — to be very full
  • to drop someone a line — If you drop someone a line, you write to them.
  • to laugh your head off — Phrases such as laugh your head off and scream your head off can be used to emphasize that someone is laughing or screaming a lot or very loudly.
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