15-letter words containing our
- please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
- point of honour — a circumstance, event, etc, that involves the defence of one's principles, social honour, etc
- railway journey — a journey made by railway train
- rayside-balfour — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- required course — an obligatory course for all students
- resource centre — a place which provides information, equipment and support
- resourcefulness — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
- sense of humour — Someone who has a sense of humour often finds things amusing, rather than being serious all the time.
- shut your mouth — stop talking
- sojourner truth — Sojourner [soh-jur-ner,, soh-jur-ner] /ˈsoʊ dʒɜr nər,, soʊˈdʒɜr nər/ (Show IPA), (Isabella Van Wagener) 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.
- source document — a document that has been or will be transcribed to a word processor or to the memory bank of a computer
- source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
- source material — original, authoritative, or basic materials utilized in research, as diaries or manuscripts.
- spill your guts — If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
- staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
- star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
- stay the course — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
- take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
- tertiary colour — a colour formed by mixing two secondary colours
- the early hours — If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
- the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
- three-four time — music: 3/4 time signature
- to do your best — If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
- tourist traffic — the number of tourists that visit an area
- training course — practical programme of study
- under your belt — If you have something under your belt, you have already achieved it or done it.
- under your feet — If you say that someone is under your feet, you are annoyed because they are with you or near you, and are bothering you.
- up to your ears — If you are up to your ears in something, it is taking up all of your time, attention, or resources.
- up to your eyes — If you say that you are up to your eyes in something, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of it to deal with, and often that you are very busy.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vapour pressure — the pressure exerted by a vapour. The saturated vapour pressure is that exerted by a vapour in equilibrium with its solid or liquid phase at a particular temperature
- vitreous humour — the aqueous fluid contained within the interstices of the vitreous body
- wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
- your-excellency — (usually initial capital letter). Also, Excellence. a title of honor given to certain high officials, as governors, ambassadors, and Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops (preceded by his, your, etc.).