20-letter words containing a, n, c, u, s

glucosamine sulphate — a compound used in some herbal remedies and dietary supplements, esp to strengthen joint cartilage
group life insurance — a form of life insurance available to members of a group, typically employees of a company, under a master policy.
guarded horn clauses — (language) (GHC) A parallel dialect of Prolog by K. Ueda in which each clause has a guard. GHC is similar to Parlog. When several clauses match a goal, their guards are evaluated in parallel and the first clause whose guard is found to be true is used and others are rejected. It uses committed-choice nondeterminism. See also FGHC, KL1.
hard gelatin capsule — A hard gelatin capsule is a type of capsule that is usually used to contain medicine in the form of dry powder or very small pellets.
honeysuckle ornament — anthemion.
household appliances — devices or machines, usually electrical, that are in your home and which you use to do jobs such as cleaning or cooking
hudson's bay company — a company chartered in England in 1670 to carry on fur trading with the Indians in North America.
hydraulic suspension — a system of motor-vehicle suspension using hydraulic members, often with hydraulic compensation between front and rear systems (hydroelastic suspension)
in bad circumstances — (of a person) in a bad financial situation
in case/just in case — If you do something in case or just in case a particular thing happens, you do it because that thing might happen.
in the circumstances — a condition, detail, part, or attribute, with respect to time, place, manner,agent, etc., that accompanies, determines, or modifies a fact or event; a modifying or influencing factor: Do not judge his behavior without considering every circumstance.
in-service education — training and education given to employed teachers throughout their career
inductive statistics — the branch of statistics dealing with conclusions, generalizations, predictions, and estimations based on data from samples.
industrial democracy — control of an organization by the people who work for it, esp by workers holding positions on its board of directors
industrial insurance — industrial life insurance.
industrial sociology — the sociological study of social relationships and social structures in business settings.
infectious hepatitis — hepatitis A.
insulin-coma therapy — a former treatment for mental illness, especially schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
isochronous transfer — isochronous
japanese honeysuckle — a climbing honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica, introduced into the eastern U.S. from Asia, having fragrant, white flowers that fade to yellow.
joint life insurance — life insurance covering two or more persons, the benefits of which are paid after the first person dies.
judicial proceedings — any action involving or carried out by a court of law
keratoconjunctivitis — inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva.
labour-saving device — a machine, gadget, etc, that reduces (human) effort, hard work or labour
land-office business — a lively, booming, expanding, or very profitable business.
languedoc-roussillon — a region of S France, on the Gulf of Lions: consists of the departments of Lozère, Gard, Hérault, Aude, and Pyrénées-Orientales; mainly mountainous with a coastal plain
life-support machine — A life-support machine is the equipment that is used to keep a person alive when they are very ill and cannot breathe without help.
linguistic geography — dialect geography.
linguistic universal — language universal.
logical construction — anything referred to by an incomplete symbol capable of contextual definition.
lonely hearts column — the part of a newspaper or magazine where lonely hearts ads appear
longitudinal section — the representation of an object as it would appear if cut by the vertical plane passing through the longest axis of the object.
lunisolar precession — the principal component of the precession of the equinoxes, produced by the gravitational attraction of the sun and the moon on the equatorial bulge of the earth.
macias nguema biyogo — a former name of Bioko.
malpighian corpuscle — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
manufacturer's agent — an agent representing one or more manufacturers in selling related but noncompeting goods, usually on a commission basis and in a particular territory.
mary, queen of scots — family name Stuart. 1542–87, queen of Scotland (1542–67); daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of Guise. She was married to Francis II of France (1558–60), her cousin Lord Darnley (1565–67), and the Earl of Bothwell (1567–71), who was commonly regarded as Darnley's murderer. She was forced to abdicate in favour of her son (later James VI of Scotland) and fled to England. Imprisoned by Elizabeth I until 1587, she was beheaded for plotting against the English crown
menstrual extraction — an abortion procedure involving suction aspiration of the uterine contents early in gestation, before the first missed menstrual period: sometimes performed later.
mitral insufficiency — abnormal closure of the mitral valve resulting in regurgitation of blood into the atrium and leading to reduced heart function or heart failure.
molecular gastronomy — an approach to cooking in which a chef’s knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology allows him or her to experiment with unusual flavour combinations and cooking techniques
molecular geneticist — a specialist in the study of the molecular constitution of genes and chromosomes
moreton bay chestnut — an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture
mountain rescue team — a group of people who conduct search and rescue on a mountain, for example of someone who has fallen, got lost, etc
multicast addressing — Ethernet addressing scheme used to send packets to devices of a certain type or for broadcasting to all nodes. The least significant bit of the most significant byte of a multi-cast address is one.
naturalistic fallacy — the supposed fallacy of inferring evaluative conclusions from purely factual premises
neuromusculoskeletal — (medicine) Describing the interactions between nerves, muscles and the skeleton.
neurophysiologically — In terms of, or with regard to, neurophysiology.
neuropsychiatrically — In terms of neuropsychiatry.
neuropsychologically — In terms of or by means of neuropsychology.
new jerusalem church — a sect founded in 1787, based on Swedenborgianism

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