14-letter words containing tru
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- raman-spectrum — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
- reconstructive — tending to reconstruct.
- saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
- scissors truss — a roof truss having tension members extending from the foot of each principal rafter to a point on the upper half of its opposite member.
- screw extruder — A screw extruder is a type of mixer which moves the components through a cylinder using a screw which turns.
- ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
- spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
- straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
- struck measure — a measure, especially of grain, level with the top of a receptacle.
- structuralized — to form into or make part of a structure.
- superstruction — the action of superstructing
- superstructive — built onto a structure
- superstructure — the part of a building or construction entirely above its foundation or basement.
- temper tantrum — tantrum.
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- the true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
- to play truant — If a pupil plays truant, he or she stays away from school without permission.
- tried and true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- tried-and-true — tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- truant officer — a school attendance officer whose job is to locate truants and return them to school
- trucial states — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
- trumpet flower — any of various plants with pendent flowers shaped like a trumpet.
- trumpet marine — an obsolete musical instrument having a long, wooden, pyramid-shaped body, characteristically with one string that is touched with the finger to produce harmonics and is bowed between the touching finger and the upper end.
- trumpet player — a person who plays the trumpet
- trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- trustification — the practice or process of forming a monopolistic system or trusts: the trustification of the oil business.
- truth-function — a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.
- turn up trumps — (of a person) to bring about a happy or successful conclusion (to an event, problem, etc), esp unexpectedly
- ultrastructure — the structures of a cell that are revealed by electron microscopy.
- unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- understructure — a structure serving as a support; a base or foundation: The building has a strong understructure.
- wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.
- well and truly — If you say that something is well and truly finished, gone, or done, you are emphasizing that it is completely finished or gone, or thoroughly done.