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14-letter words containing tu

  • presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
  • public statute — public law (def 1).
  • punctuationist — a person who punctuates a text
  • puncture wound — injury: perforation
  • quantum meruit — as much as he has earned: denoting a payment for goods or services in partial fulfilment of a contract or for those supplied when no price has been agreed
  • quantum number — any integer or half of an odd integer that distinguishes one of the discrete states of a quantum-mechanical system.
  • quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
  • quantum system — a theoretical or actual system based on quantum physics, as a supercomputer.
  • quantum theory — any theory predating quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy states for atoms, as Bohr theory.
  • quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
  • quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
  • quintus prolog — (language, product)   A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
  • rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
  • rate of return — The rate of return on an investment is the amount of profit it makes, often shown as a percentage of the original investment.
  • rattail cactus — a small, often cultivated cactus (Aporocactus flagelliformis) with weak, cylindrical, creeping or drooping stems, native to Mexico and Central America
  • raunch culture — a culture which promotes overtly sexual representations of women, as through the acceptance of pornography, stripping, nudity in advertising, etc, esp when this is encouraged by women
  • recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
  • recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
  • reconstitution — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • reconstitutive — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • refugee status — the state of being a person who has fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution, esp in a foreign country in the eyes of the law
  • remanufacturer — a company or industry that engages in making an existing product new again
  • respiritualize — to spiritualize again; reinvest with a spiritual character or meaning
  • return journey — the journey back from a destination
  • return receipt — a card bearing the signature of the recipient of registered postal matter, for return to the sender as proof of receipt.
  • return to zero — (communications)   A class of encoding methods for physical circuits in which the carrier (current, voltage) returns to zero after each transmitted bit, i.e. the data is carried in pulse width or polarity, not in the level of the signal. Contrast NRZ.
  • safety feature — sth designed to prevent injury
  • sale or return — an arrangement by which a retailer pays only for goods sold, returning those that are unsold to the wholesaler or manufacturer
  • sanctuary lamp — a lamp, usually red, placed in a prominent position in the sanctuary of a church, that when lit indicates the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
  • sanctus turret — a bell cote holding a Sanctus bell.
  • saturated fats — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
  • schwyzertutsch — any of the local dialects of German spoken in Switzerland.
  • screen capture — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
  • self-actualize — to undergo self-actualization.
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
  • semper paratus — always prepared
  • septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
  • sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
  • shit disturber — a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
  • shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
  • sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • signature tune — theme song (def 2).
  • silviculturist — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
  • situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.
  • situationalism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
  • situs inversus — a congenital defect in which an organ is on the side opposite from its normal position.
  • social studies — a course of instruction in an elementary or secondary school comprising such subjects as history, geography, civics, etc.
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