18-letter words containing u, t, i

to bite the bullet — If someone bites the bullet, they accept that they have to do something unpleasant but necessary.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to come unstitched — to go wrong or awry
to cross your mind — If you say that an idea or possibility never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it.
to find fault with — If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
to grit your teeth — If you grit your teeth, you make up your mind to carry on even if the situation is very difficult.
to kick the bucket — If you say that someone has kicked the bucket, you mean that they have died.
to play favourites — to display favouritism
to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
to spill your guts — if someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private
torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
touch-in-goal line — either of the two touchlines at each end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
tranquillizer dart — a dart filled with a tranquillizer that is shot from a gun in order to temporarily sedate an animal so that it may be handled safely
transfinite number — an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.
transit instrument — Astronomy. meridian circle.
transubstantiation — the changing of one substance into another.
treasury of merits — the superabundant store of merits and satisfactions, comprising those of Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints.
tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
tristimulus values — three values that together are used to describe a colour and are the amounts of three reference colours that can be mixed to give the same visual sensation as the colour considered
trustee investment — an investment in which trustees are authorized to invest money belonging to a trust fund
tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
turbine ventilator — a ventilator, usually mounted on the roof of a building, deck of a ship, etc., having at its head a globular, vaned rotor that is rotated by the wind, conveying air through a duct to and from a chamber below.
turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
two-minute warning — a time-out called by an official to notify both teams that two minutes remain in a half.
ulcerative colitis — chronic ulceration in the large intestine, characterized by painful abdominal cramps and profuse diarrhea containing pus, blood, and mucus.
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
ultraviolet filter — a filter used on a lens to absorb ultraviolet radiation that may impart an undesirable blue cast to a photograph.
unconstitutionally — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
under the aegis of — guided or protected by
under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
under-depreciation — decrease in value due to wear and tear, decay, decline in price, etc.
under-registration — the act of registering.
unearned increment — the increase in the value of property, especially land, due to natural causes, as growth of population, rather than to any labor or expenditure by the owner.
unenthusiastically — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
unfair competition — acts done by a seller to confuse or deceive the public with intent to acquire a larger portion of the market, as by cutting prices below cost, misleading advertising, selling a spurious product under a false identity, etc.
unification church — a religious sect that combines elements of Protestantism and Buddhism, founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in 1954: many of its members live in communes sponsored by the sect.
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
unisys corporation — (company) The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. Unisys is one of the largest providers of information services, technology, and software in the world. They employ about 49,000 people and do business in some 100 countries. In 1994 about 80 percent of revenue was derived from commercial information systems and services, with the remainder coming from electronic systems and services for the defense market. The defense business was sold to Loral in early 1995. Slightly more than half of Unisys's revenue is from business in the United States. They specialise in providing business-critical solutions, based on open information networks, for organisations that operate in transaction-intensive environments. These organisations include financial services companies, airlines, telecommunications companies, government agencies, and other commercial enterprises. In August 1994, quarterly sales were $1799M and profits $50M.
unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
unit-linked policy — a life-assurance policy, the investment benefits of which are directly in proportion to the number of units in a unit trust purchased on the policyholder's behalf
united arab states — a former (1958–61) federation of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) and Yemen.
united nations day — the anniversary of the United Nations on October 24, marking its founding in 1945.
united states army — the permanent or regular military land force of the United States, under the authority of the Department of Defense since 1947. Abbreviation: USA.
united states navy — the permanent or regular naval force of the United States, under the authority of the Department of Defense since 1947. Abbreviation: USN.
universal negative — a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e.
universalizability — the thesis that any moral judgment must be equally applicable to every relevantly identical situation
university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas

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