15-letter words containing u, t, g, a, r
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- structural gene — cistron.
- sturm und drang — a style or movement of German literature of the latter half of the 18th century: characterized chiefly by impetuosity of manner, exaltation of individual sensibility and intuitive perception, opposition to established forms of society and thought, and extreme nationalism.
- subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
- suborganization — an organization within a larger organization
- summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
- supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
- surgical spirit — Surgical spirit is a liquid which is used to clean wounds or surgical instruments. It consists mainly of alcohol.
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
- target language — the language into which a text is to be translated from another language. Compare source language (def 1).
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
- thought reading — mind reading.
- through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
- toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- training course — practical programme of study
- training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
- training manual — instructional book
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- transfiguration — the act of transfiguring.
- traumatological — relating to traumatology
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- tungsten rating — a film-speed rating that indicates the relative sensitivity of a particular film stock to light from incandescent lamps with tungsten filaments.
- ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
- universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- urban migration — the process of people moving from rural areas to cities
- ust-kamenogorsk — a city in E Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- utility program — system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.
- virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- weather through — to pass or go safely through a storm, peril, difficulty, etc.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason