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18-letter words containing on

  • traditional option — an option that once purchased cannot be resold
  • traditional policy — a life assurance policy in which the policyholder's premiums are paid into a general fund and his or her investment benefits are calculated according to actuarial formulae
  • traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
  • traffic controller — a person whose job is to control the flow of air traffic
  • transient response — A transient response of a circuit is a temporary change in the way that it behaves due to an external excitation, that will disappear with time.
  • transition element — any element in any of the series of elements with atomic numbers 21–29, 39–47, 57–79, and 89–107, that in a given inner orbital has less than a full quota of electrons.
  • translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
  • transmission brake — A transmission brake is a brake that operates on the transmission system of a vehicle rather than directly on the wheels.
  • transmission shaft — a shaft that rotates transmitting motion from the engine to the differential gear
  • transmogrification — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • transrectification — rectification occurring in one circuit as a result of the application of an alternating voltage to another circuit.
  • transubstantiation — the changing of one substance into another.
  • transverse section — cross section (def 1).
  • treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
  • trickle irrigation — drip irrigation.
  • true to one's word — If you are true to your word or as good as your word, you do what you say you will do.
  • tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
  • turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
  • turn on one's heel — to turn around abruptly
  • turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • turn one's hand to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • turn up one's nose — to behave disdainfully towards (something)
  • turn up one's toes — to die
  • 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
  • unconstitutionally — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
  • under (one's) seal — in a document authenticated by one's seal
  • under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • united nations day — the anniversary of the United Nations on October 24, marking its founding in 1945.
  • unix international — (body)   (UI) A consortium including Sun, AT&T and others formed to promote an open environment based on Unix System V, including the Open Look windowing system.
  • up someone's alley — suited to someone's tastes or abilities
  • up to one's elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
  • up to one's tricks — If you say that someone is up to their tricks or up to their old tricks, you disapprove of them because they are behaving in the dishonest or deceitful way in which they typically behave.
  • upper partial tone — overtone (def 1).
  • urban contemporary — popular dance music incorporating elements of rap, rhythm-and-blues, funk, and soul.
  • vermilion rockfish — a scarlet-red rockfish, Sebastes miniatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America, important as a food fish.
  • veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
  • video conferencing — the holding of videoconferences.
  • video installation — an art installation incorporating video footage
  • voluntary abortion — abortion (def 1).
  • voluntary-abortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
  • vote of confidence — expression of trust in sb's abilities
  • voter registration — the requirement of citizens to become registered in order to vote
  • wage determination — the process of setting wage rates or establishing wage structures in particular situations
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