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17-letter words containing a, d, u, i

  • 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.
  • disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
  • dishonourableness — Alternative spelling of dishonorableness.
  • displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
  • disqualifications — Plural form of disqualification.
  • disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
  • document examiner — (hypertext, tool)   A high-performance hypertext system by Symbolics that provides on-line access to their user documentation.
  • double insulation — Double insulation is insulation that consists of both basic insulation and supplementary insulation.
  • double pair royal — a set of four cards of the same denomination, worth 12 points.
  • double quatrefoil — a charge having the form of a foil with eight leaves, used especially as the cadency mark of a ninth son.
  • double refraction — the separation of a ray of light into two unequally refracted, plane-polarized rays of orthogonal polarizations, occurring in crystals in which the velocity of light rays is not the same in all directions.
  • double track line — a railway line with double track
  • drained of colour — colourless
  • drinking fountain — a water fountain that ejects a jet of water for drinking without a cup.
  • drive up the wall — to cause to become crazy or furious
  • duality principle — the principle that a mathematical duality exists under certain conditions.
  • ductus arteriosis — a fetal blood vessel that connects the left pulmonary artery directly to the descending aorta, normally closing after birth.
  • dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
  • dutch east indies — a former name of the Republic of Indonesia.
  • 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.
  • dynamic execution — (processor)   A combination of techniques - multiple branch prediction, data flow analysis and speculative execution. Intel implemented Dynamic Execution in the P6 after analysing the execution of billions of lines of code.
  • dynamic insurance — Dynamic insurance is a type of insurance coverage where the policyholder can choose to increase benefits and premiums by a fixed percentage each year to offset the effects of inflation.
  • east indian lotus — a southern Asian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, of the water lily family, having fragrant pink or rose flowers.
  • education contact — (job)   The person at a company who should receive educational material.
  • equalization fund — a monetary reserve established by a country to provide funds for maintaining the official exchange rates of its currency by equalizing the buying and selling of foreign exchange.
  • facts and figures — details; precise information
  • fade in (or out) — to appear or cause to appear (or disappear) gradually; make or become more (or less) distinct
  • false bread-fruit — ceriman.
  • feasibility study — (systems analysis)   Part of the systems develpment life cycle which aims to determine whether it is sensible to develop some system. The most popular model of feasibility study is "TELOS", standing for Technical, Economic, Legal, Operational, Schedule. Technical Feasibility: does the technology exist to implement the proposed system? Is it a practical proposition? Economic Feasibility: is the system cost-effective? Do benefits outweigh costs? Legal Feasibility: is there any conflict between the proposed system and legal requirements, e.g. the Data Protection Act? Operational Feasibility: are the current work practices and procedures adequate to support the new system? Schedule Feasibility: can the system be developed in time? After the feasibility study, the requirements analysis should be carried out.
  • feint-ruled paper — writing paper with light horizontal lines printed across at regular intervals
  • find fault (with) — to seek and point out faults (of); complain (about); criticize
  • fluid lubrication — lubrication in which bearing surfaces are separated by an oil film sustained by the motion of the parts
  • folie de grandeur — a delusion of grandeur; megalomania.
  • forward quotation — the price quoted on a forward delivery.
  • foundation course — A foundation course is a course that you do at some colleges and universities in order to prepare yourself for a longer or more advanced course.
  • further education — adult education.
  • galactic latitude — the angular distance from the galactic equator of a point on the celestial sphere.
  • gaseous diffusion — the passage of gas through microporous barriers, a technique used for isotope separation, especially in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors.
  • gaucher's disease — a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism that causes spleen and liver enlargement, abnormal fragility and pain of the bones, and progressive neurologic disturbances, leading to early death.
  • gnu privacy guard —
  • graduated pension — the money that an employee receives after retirement if they have paid into the graduated pension scheme
  • grand touring car — GT (def 2).
  • grand union canal — a canal in S England linking London and the Midlands: opened in 1801
  • greenland halibut — a flatfish, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, similar and related to the halibut
  • guadalupe hidalgo — a city in the Federal District of Mexico: famous shrine; peace treaty 1848.
  • guanine deaminase — an enzyme, found in liver, brain, spleen, pancreas, and kidney, that converts guanine into xanthine and ammonia.
  • guardian ad litem — a person appointed by a court as guardian of an infant or other person to act on his or her behalf in a particular action or proceeding.
  • gunboat diplomacy — diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force, especially by a powerful nation against a weaker one.
  • half-round chisel — a cold chisel with a semicircular cutting edge used for making narrow channels
  • hammered dulcimer — dulcimer (sense 1)
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