17-letter words containing a, c, u, s, l, i
- constitutionalize — to provide with a constitution
- construction loan — the act or fact of taking out.
- consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
- contextualisation — Alt form contextualization.
- continental crust — that part of the earth's crust that underlies the continents and continental shelves
- contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
- coordinate clause — one of two or more clauses in a sentence having the same status and introduced by coordinating conjunctions
- courtship display — behaviour that is aimed at attracting a mate
- critical pressure — the pressure of a gas or the saturated vapour pressure of a substance in its critical state
- cross-utilization — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- culture-fair test — a test, usually for intelligence, that does not put anyone taking it at a disadvantage, esp regarding material or cultural background
- cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
- dagestan republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- deductible clause — a clause in an insurance policy stipulating that the insured will be liable for a specified initial amount of each loss, injury, etc., and that the insurance company will be liable for any additional costs up to the insured amount.
- delay instruction — delayed control-transfer
- deoxyribonuclease — DNase.
- deucalion's flood — a flood sent by Zeus that wiped out the entire population of the earth, except for Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha
- disability clause — a clause in a life-insurance policy providing for waiver of premium and sometimes payment of monthly income if the policyholder becomes totally and permanently disabled.
- displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
- disqualifications — Plural form of disqualification.
- dutch elm disease — a disease of elms characterized by wilting, yellowing, and falling of the leaves and caused by a fungus, Ceratostomella ulmi, transmitted by bark beetles.
- equivalence class — (mathematics) An equivalence class is a subset whose elements are related to each other by an equivalence relation. The equivalence classes of a set under some relation form a partition of that set (i.e. any two are either equal or disjoint and every element of the set is in some class).
- exclusionary rule — a legal rule that evidence obtained illegally, as from a search without a warrant, may not be introduced at trial
- female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- financial futures — futures in a stock-exchange index, currency exchange rate, or interest rate enabling banks, building societies, brokers, and speculators to hedge their involvement in these markets
- fulgencio batista — Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
- functional isomer — any of several structural isomers that have the same molecular formula but with the atoms connected in different ways and therefore falling into different functional groups.
- gause's principle — the principle that similar species cannot coexist for long in the same ecological niche
- general insurance — insurance (such as house insurance and car insurance) that does not insure someone's life
- geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
- glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
- half-round chisel — a cold chisel with a semicircular cutting edge used for making narrow channels
- haroun-al-raschid — Harun al-Rashid.
- hippocampal gyrus — a convolution on the inner surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum, bordering the hippocampus.
- hollandaise sauce — a sauce of egg yolks, butter, lemon juice, and seasonings.
- homeland security — national defence
- horticulturalists — Plural form of horticulturalist.
- hypochlorous acid — a weak, unstable acid, HOCl, existing only in solution and in the form of its salts, used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant.
- illusionistically — In an illusionistic manner.
- inconsequentially — The adverb form of inconsequential: to do something in a manner of little consequence.
- industrial action — job action.
- industrial school — a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; trade or vocational school.
- infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
- integral calculus — the branch of mathematics that deals with integrals, especially the methods of ascertaining indefinite integrals and applying them to the solution of differential equations and the determining of areas, volumes, and lengths.
- intellectualising — Give an intellectual character to.
- intellectualistic — Of or relating to intellectualism.
- jerusalem cricket — a large, nocturnal, wingless, long-horned grasshopper, Stenopelmatus fuscus, occuring chiefly in loose soil and sand along the Pacific coast of the U.S.
- lame-duck session — (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November.
- librocubicularist — (rare) A person who reads in bed.