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19-letter words containing t, u, r, m, o

  • telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
  • the labour movement — a movement campaigning for the interests of working people, for example for better working conditions, better treatment from employers, etc
  • three-quarter armor — plate armor that leaves the legs exposed below the knees.
  • thrust augmentation — an increase in the thrust of a jet or rocket engine, as by afterburning or reheating.
  • to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
  • to come full circle — If you say that you have come full circle or have turned full circle, you mean that after a long series of events or changes the same situation that you started with still exists.
  • to lose your temper — If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
  • to make your/a mark — If you make your mark or make a mark, you become noticed or famous by doing something impressive or unusual.
  • to reserve judgment — If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.
  • to run out of steam — If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left.
  • to suck someone dry — If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
  • torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
  • tourette's syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.
  • trisodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
  • trouble someone for — to ask someone to pass, hand, give, etc. (something) to one
  • trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
  • tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
  • turbo-ramjet engine — a combination engine that can be operated as a turbojet or ramjet engine.
  • turn someone's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
  • unit of measurement — physical quantity
  • unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
  • victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • vinculum matrimonii — the bond of matrimony.
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
  • wouldn't harm a fly — If you say that someone wouldn't hurt a fly or wouldn't harm a fly, you are emphasizing that they are very kind and gentle.
  • wraparound mortgage — a mortgage, as a second mortgage, that includes payments on a previous mortgage that continues in effect.
  • yeoman of the guard — a member of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, instituted in 1485, which now consists of 100 men, including officers, having purely ceremonial duties.
  • yourdon methodology — (programming)   The software engineering methodology developed by Edward Yourdon and colleagues in the 1970s and 1980s. "Yourdon methodology" is a generic term for all of the following methodologies: Yourdon/Demarco, Yourdon/Constantine, Coad/Yourdon.
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