15-letter words containing t, r, u, e, o
- thermal equator — an imaginary line round the earth running through the point on each meridian with the highest average temperature. It lies mainly to the north because of the larger landmasses and therefore greater summer heating
- thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermionic tube — a vacuum tube in which the cathode is heated electrically to cause the emission of electrons by thermal agitation.
- thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
- think you're it — If you say that someone thinks they're it, you mean that they think they are better or more important than they really are.
- thiobarbiturate — a barbiturate in which a sulphur atom has replaced one oxygen atom
- thorium dioxide — a white, heavy, water-insoluble powder, ThO 2 , used chiefly in incandescent mantles, as the Welsbach gas mantle.
- thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- thought reading — mind reading.
- three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
- to do your best — If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
- to earn a crust — If you earn a crust, you earn enough money to live on, especially by doing work you would prefer not to do.
- to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
- to good purpose — with a good result or effect; advantageously
- to take up arms — If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
- torture chamber — a room where somebody is caused extreme physical pain, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
- training course — practical programme of study
- transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- trinitrotoluene — TNT.
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- trust territory — a territory under the administrative control of a country designated by the United Nations.
- trustee process — (in New England) garnishment (def 1).
- trustworthiness — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- tuberculization — the process of becoming, or of causing people or animals to become, infected with tuberculosis
- turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
- turbojet engine — a jet-propulsion engine in which air from the atmosphere is compressed for combustion by a turbine-driven compressor.
- turgor pressure — the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis
- turn inside out — If you say that something has been turned inside out, you mean that it is the opposite of what you expect or think it should be.
- turn the corner — the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
- turnaround time — the total time taken between the submission of a program for execution and the return of the complete output to the customer
- turnkey project — a complete project usually including many major units of plant completed under one overall contract, such as a chemical works or power station complex
- turquoise green — a light bluish green.
- tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
- tweet you later — (on the Twitter website) goodbye; see you later
- two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
- ulterior motive — secret or underlying aim
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- ultracommercial — concerned with nothing but profit
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- ultramarathoner — a person who takes part in an ultramarathon