18-letter words containing t, u, r, g, i, e
- thin on the ground — If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
- third man argument — (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the argument against the existence of Platonic Forms that since the Form of Man is itself a perfect man, a further form (the "third" man) would be required to explain this, and so ad infinitum
- thought experiment — Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates.
- to grit your teeth — If you grit your teeth, you make up your mind to carry on even if the situation is very difficult.
- torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
- tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
- two-minute warning — a time-out called by an official to notify both teams that two minutes remain in a half.
- ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
- ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- under-registration — the act of registering.
- unilateral neglect — a symptom of brain damage in which a person is unaware of one side of his or her body and of anything in the external world on the same side
- 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.
- vigoureux printing — a printing method in which worsted fibers are printed with the desired color while in sliver form and then processed into yarn, producing a mixed color in the spun yarn and woven fabric.
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
- wrangell mountains — a mountain range in SE Alaska, extending into the Yukon, Canada. Highest peak: Mount Blackburn, 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party