14-letter words containing u, n, t, o
- tabularization — the act of tabularizing
- take it out on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
- tax accountant — an accountant who specializes in taxation and in the preparation of company and individual accounts
- tax consultant — a person who advises other people and companies on tax affairs, esp on legal ways of paying less tax
- taxable amount — the portion of your income or profits that is subject to tax
- tcl consortium — (body) A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
- technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
- telejournalism — the writing and broadcasting of journalism for television
- telejournalist — a journalist who writes for or broadcasts on television
- tenement house — a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run-down, overcrowded, etc.
- tenement-house — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- tetanus toxoid — an inactivated form of tetanus toxin obtained from Clostridium tetani, used to produce an active immunity to the toxin.
- teutonic order — a religious military order founded c1190 in the Holy Land by German crusaders that originally did charitable work among the sick and later fought against the Slavic and Baltic peoples in the eastward expansion of medieval Germany.
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- the full monty — something in its entirety
- the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the open group — (body) (Formerly "X/Open") A vendor- and technology-neutral consortium of buyers and suppliers of information systems that aims to ease integration by testing and certifying products against open standards.
- the snow queen — a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1845; a young boy, Kay, falls under a troll's spell and his heart is turned to ice. He is carried off by the Snow Queen, who holds him captive until he is rescued by his devoted friend, Gerda
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
- theologoumenon — a theological assertion or statement not derived from divine revelation
- thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
- think out loud — to speak one's thoughts as they occur
- thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- ticket counter — the place where you buy a ticket for public transport, the theatre, cinema, etc
- time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
- tin difluoride — stannous fluoride.
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- to cut and run — If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.
- to cut corners — If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
- to make fun of — If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
- to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
- to return fire — If you return fire or you return someone's fire, you shoot back at someone who has shot at you.
- to run foul of — If you run foul of someone or fall foul of them, you do something which gets you into trouble with them.
- to the tune of — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- toluidine blue — a dark green powder, C15H16N3SCl·ZnCl2, used in dyeing textiles, as a biological stain, as a coagulant in medicine, etc.
- tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.