19-letter words containing ut
- particular solution — a solution of a differential equation containing no arbitrary constants.
- persecution complex — an acute irrational fear that other people are plotting one's downfall and that they are responsible for one's failures
- private prosecution — a prosecution started by a private individual rather than by the police
- purse-string suture — a suture for a circular opening, stitched around the edge, that closes it when pulled.
- put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
- put on the feed bag — Also called nose bag. a bag for feeding horses, placed before the mouth and fastened around the head with straps.
- put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
- put one's finger on — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- put one's foot down — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- put one's skates on — ice skate (def 1).
- put sth into action — If you put an idea or policy into action, you begin to use it or cause it to operate.
- put sth to the test — If you put something to the test, you find out how useful or effective it is by using it.
- put the skids under — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- put up the shutters — to close business at the end of the day or permanently
- put your foot in it — If someone puts their foot in it or puts their foot in their mouth, they accidentally do or say something which embarrasses or offends people.
- radioactive fallout — the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
- radiopharmaceutical — any of a number of radioactive drugs used diagnostically or therapeutically.
- sentence substitute — a word or phrase, esp one traditionally classified as an adverb, that is used in place of a finite sentence, such as yes, no, certainly, and never
- set out one's stall — to make the necessary arrangements for the achievement of something and show that one is determined to achieve it
- set/put the seal on — If something sets or puts the seal on something, it makes it definite or confirms how it is going to be.
- solar neutrino unit — Astronomy. a unit equal to 10 −36 neutrino captures per second per target atom, used as a measure of the flux of neutrino radiation from the sun. Abbreviation: SNU.
- solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
- south african dutch — the Boers.
- south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
- south san francisco — a city in central California.
- southern crab apple — a tree, Malus angustifolia, of the eastern U.S., having oblong leaves, fragrant, pink or rose-colored flowers, and small, round, yellow-green fruit.
- southern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.
- substitution cipher — a cipher that replaces letters of the plain text with another set of letters or symbols.
- tear one's hair out — the act of tearing.
- technical institute — a higher-education institution
- the executive suite — the offices of the top managers
- therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
- to clutch at straws — If you are clutching at straws or grasping at straws, you are trying unusual or extreme ideas or methods because other ideas or methods have failed.
- to run out of steam — If you run out of steam, you stop doing something because you have no more energy or enthusiasm left.
- to stick out a mile — If you say that something or someone sticks out a mile or stands out a mile, you are emphasizing that they are very obvious and easy to recognize.
- to strut your stuff — If you strut your stuff, you act in a proud way and show off.
- turn and turn about — one after another; alternately
- turn sth inside out — If someone turns a place inside out or upside down, they search it very thoroughly and usually make it very untidy.
- unconstitutionality — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
- without further ado — If you do something without further ado or without more ado, you do it at once and do not discuss or delay it any longer.