18-letter words containing a, d, u, i, c, e

distance education — education in which students receive instruction over the Internet, from a video, etc., instead of going to school.
dominican republic — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Capital: Santo Domingo.
double achievement — a representation of the arms of a husband beside those of his wife such that a difference of rank between them is shown.
dramatic monologue — a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation.
driver's education — high-school driving classes
dysfunctionalities — Plural form of dysfunctionality.
eau de vie de marc — marc (def 2).
established church — a Church that is officially recognized as a national institution, esp the Church of England
euclid's algorithm — (algorithm) (Or "Euclidean Algorithm") An algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two numbers. It relies on the identity gcd(a, b) = gcd(a-b, b) To find the GCD of two numbers by this algorithm, repeatedly replace the larger by subtracting the smaller from it until the two numbers are equal. E.g. 132, 168 -> 132, 36 -> 96, 36 -> 60, 36 -> 24, 36 -> 24, 12 -> 12, 12 so the GCD of 132 and 168 is 12. This algorithm requires only subtraction and comparison operations but can take a number of steps proportional to the difference between the initial numbers (e.g. gcd(1, 1001) will take 1000 steps).
fettuccine alfredo — fettuccine in cream sauce with grated Parmesan cheese.
first class module — (programming) A module that is a first class data object of the programming language, e.g. a record containing functions. In a functional language, it is standard to have first class programs, so program building blocks can have the same status.
fixed-focus camera — a camera with an unadjustable focal length and with a relatively large depth of field.
frederick douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
fuel-saving device — a device that increases the fuel efficiency of a vehicle, so that it uses less fuel for a further distance
functional disease — a disease in which there is an abnormal change in the function of an organ, but no structural alteration in the tissues involved (opposed to organic disease).
galactic longitude — the angular distance in degrees measured eastward in the galactic plane from a radius drawn from the earth as center to the constellation Sagittarius.
gas-discharge tube — any tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas
graduated cylinder — a narrow, cylindrical container marked with horizontal lines to represent units of measurement and used to precisely measure the volume of liquids.
grand council fire — a formal gathering of camp fire members requiring a minimum attendance of three troops.
guidance counselor — advisor in schools
hebdomadal council — the governing council or senate of Oxford University
indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
independent clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
indolebutyric acid — a white or yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 12 H 13 O 2 N, a plant hormone similar to indoleacetic acid and used for the same purposes.
inductive relation — A relation R between domains D and E is inductive if for all chains d1 .. dn in D and e1 .. en in E,
industrial vehicle — a vehicle designed for use in industry
infectious disease — illness spread by person to person
insurance adjuster — An insurance adjuster is the same as a claims adjuster.
integrated circuit — a circuit of transistors, resistors, and capacitors constructed on a single semiconductor wafer or chip, in which the components are interconnected to perform a given function. Abbreviation: IC.
justice department — the United States federal department for enforcing federal laws
magnetic induction — Also called magnetic flux density. a vector quantity used as a measure of a magnetic field. Symbol: B.
medium of exchange — anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.
mercury delay line — (storage, history) An archaic first-in first-out fixed time period data storage device using acoustic transducers to transmit data as waves in a trough or tube of mercury. EDSAC (Cambridge) and UNIVAC I used delay lines.
modular arithmetic — arithmetic in which numbers that are congruent modulo a given number are treated as the same. Compare congruence (def 2), modulo, modulus (def 2b).
molecular medicine — the study of disease or injury at the molecular or cellular level.
mordovian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
mucopolysaccharide — (formerly) glycosaminoglycan.
multimedia machine — machines that allow users to control and manipulate sound, video, text and graphics
mutual aid society — A mutual aid society is an organization that provides benefits or other help to its members when they are affected by things such as death, sickness, disability, old age, or unemployment.
neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
non-contextualized — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
numerical identity — the relation that holds between two relata when they are the selfsame entity, that is, when the terms designating them have the same reference
objective modula-2 — (language) (Or "ObjM2") An extension to Modula-2 for Cocoa and GNUstep software development. Objective Modula-2 follows the Objective-C object model and retains the bracketed Smalltalk message passing syntax used in Objective-C. Classes written in ObjM2 can be used within ObjC and vice versa. ObjM2 also retains Modula-2's data encapsulation features, namely nested modules with explicit import and export lists. Due to the strict type checking in Modula-2, ObjM2 can be considered a much safer programming language than is ObjC, yet losing none of the capabilities of ObjC.
oedipus at colonus — a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.
on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
paediatric nursing — the branch of nursing concerned with the care of children
parallel reduction — A form of applicative order reduction in which all redexes in an expression are reduced simultaneously. Variants include parallel outermost reduction and lenient reduction. See normal order reduction.
pennsylvania dutch — the descendants of 17th- and 18th-century settlers in Pennsylvania from southwest Germany and Switzerland.
physical education — systematic instruction in sports, exercises, and hygiene given as part of a school or college program.

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