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18-letter words containing a, r, u, n, c, h

  • miniature pinscher — one of a German breed of toy dogs resembling a smaller version of the Doberman pinscher, having a flat skull, a smooth coat, erect ears, and a docked tail, bred originally as a watchdog.
  • natural childbirth — childbirth involving little or no use of drugs or anesthesia and usually involving a program in which the mother is psychologically and physically prepared for the birth process.
  • naval architecture — the science of designing ships and other waterborne craft.
  • neurophysiological — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
  • neuropsychological — Of or pertaining to neuropsychology, the relation or combination of brain and mind.
  • north truchas peak — a mountain in N New Mexico, near Santa Fe: one of the three Truchas Peaks. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
  • on the back burner — low priority
  • orthotungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2WO4
  • parachute regiment — an airborne regiment of an army
  • phoenician juniper — a type of juniper that is found in the Mediterranean region
  • pitch-and-run shot — chip shot.
  • plumber's merchant — a shop or business that sells things needed for the job of installing and repairing pipes, fixtures, etc, for water, drainage, and gas
  • pseudo-anarchistic — a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
  • pulp canal therapy — endodontics.
  • purchasing officer — the member of staff in an organization who is responsible for buying goods or products
  • quite the contrary — not at all, the very opposite
  • repayment schedule — a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan, such as monthly payment, interest rate, due dates etc
  • roman architecture — buildings in style of ancient Rome
  • schwarz inequality — Also called Cauchy's inequality. the theorem that the inner product of two vectors is less than or equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors.
  • shugart technology — Seagate Technology
  • sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
  • southern cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
  • standard schnauzer — schnauzer.
  • store launch event — A store launch event is a special event, which publicizes the opening of a new store and at which discounts and free samples may be offered.
  • sub-saharan africa — the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara desert
  • submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
  • sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
  • survival mechanism — something you or your body does automatically, in order to survive in a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
  • the general public — the people in a society; people in general
  • the hunger marches — a number of processions by unemployed workers in the 1930s to protest against unemployment and deprivation
  • thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
  • thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
  • under the jackboot — If a country or group of people is under the jackboot, they are suffering because the government is cruel and undemocratic.
  • unification church — a religious sect that combines elements of Protestantism and Buddhism, founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in 1954: many of its members live in communes sponsored by the sect.
  • vulcan nerve pinch — (jargon)   (Or "three-finger salute", Vulcan death grip; from the old "Star Trek" TV series via Commodore Amiga hackers) The keyboard combination that forces a soft boot or jump to ROM monitor (on machines that support such a feature). On an Amiga this is done with Ctrl/Right Amiga/Left Amiga; on IBM PCs and many microcomputers it is Ctrl/Alt/Del; on Suns, L1-A; on some Macintoshes, it is -! Silicon Graphics users are obviously the most dextrous however, as these machines use the five-finger combination: Left Shift/Left Ctrl/Left Alt/Keypad Divide/F12. Compare quadruple bucky.
  • wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
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