20-letter words containing a, r, u, s, i

first-cause argument — an argument for the existence of God, asserting the necessity of an uncaused cause of all subsequent series of causes, on the assumption that an infinite regress is impossible.
five-star restaurant — a restaurant which has been given the top star-rating
flame-fusion process — Verneuil process.
freight pass-through — a special allowance or discounted price given a bookseller or bookstore by a publishing house for paying the freight charge on a shipment of books ordered: so called because the shipping charge is passed on to the consumer by an increase in the suggested retail price for each book. Abbreviation: FPT.
fuming sulfuric acid — an oily, hygroscopic, corrosive liquid, H 2 S 2 O 7 , that, depending on purity, is colorless or dark brown: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent in the manufacture of explosives and as a sulfating or sulfonating agent in the manufacture of dyes.
gastroduodenostomies — Plural form of gastroduodenostomy.
general postal union — former name of Universal Postal Union. Abbreviation: GPU.
general public virus — (software, legal) A pejorative name for some versions of the GNU project copyleft or General Public License (GPL), which requires that any tools or application programs incorporating copylefted code must be source-distributed on the same terms as GNU code. Thus it is alleged that the copyleft "infects" software generated with GNU tools, which may in turn infect other software that reuses any of its code.
gravitational radius — Schwarzschild radius.
green mountain state — Vermont (used as a nickname).
gregory of nazianzus — Saint. ?329–89 ad, Cappadocian theologian: bishop of Caesarea (370–79). Feast days: Jan 2, 25, and 30
grievous bodily harm — law: serious injury
group life insurance — a form of life insurance available to members of a group, typically employees of a company, under a master policy.
group representation — representation in a governing body on the basis of interests rather than by geographical location.
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.
health questionnaire — A health questionnaire is a list of questions about someone's health issued by underwriters before accepting a person as a risk.
hipparchus satellite — an astronometric satellite launched in 1989 by the European Space Agency that measured the position, proper motion, and brightness of 118 218 stars down to 12th magnitude and the magnitude and colour of a million stars down to 10th magnitude
hire-purchase system — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
hospitality industry — the hotel and accommodation industry
houses of parliament — In Britain, the Houses of Parliament are the British parliament, which consists of two parts, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The buildings where the British parliament does its work are also called the Houses of Parliament.
human interest story — news item about people's lives
human papillomavirus — any of a group of papillomaviruses causing cutaneous warts and lesions of the oral, anal, and genital mucous membranes in human beings
human parvovirus b19 — Pathology. a mild infection, most often seen in children or young adults, caused by a small virus ((the human parvovirus B19)) and marked by a blotchy rash on the cheeks, arms, and legs.
human-interest story — a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, designed to engage attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
hungarian bromegrass — a pasture grass, Bromus inermis, native to Europe, having smooth blades.
hydraulic suspension — a system of motor-vehicle suspension using hydraulic members, often with hydraulic compensation between front and rear systems (hydroelastic suspension)
hydrodesulfurization — desulfurization by catalytic agents of the sulfur-rich hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum or the like during cracking or hydrocracking.
hydrostatic pressure — Hydrostatic pressure is the pressure exerted by a liquid that depends on how deep it is.
hypophosphorous acid — a colorless or yellowish, water-soluble, liquid, monobasic acid, H 3 PO 2 , having a sour odor, and used as a reducing agent.
ideal of pure reason — God, seen as an idea of pure reason unifying the personal soul with the cosmos.
in a state of nature — completely naked
in bad circumstances — (of a person) in a bad financial situation
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 the nature of sth — If you say that one thing is in the nature of another, you mean that it is like the other thing.
in-service education — training and education given to employed teachers throughout their career
industrial democracy — control of an organization by the people who work for it, esp by workers holding positions on its board of directors
industrial espionage — the stealing of technological or commercial research data, blueprints, plans, etc., as by a person in the hire of a competing company.
industrial insurance — industrial life insurance.
industrial relations — (used with a plural verb) the dealings or relations of an industrial concern with its employees, with labor in general, with the public, etc.
industrial sociology — the sociological study of social relationships and social structures in business settings.
inertial upper stage — a U.S. two-stage, solid-propellant rocket used to boost a relatively heavy spacecraft from a low earth orbit into a planetary trajectory or an elliptical transfer orbit. Abbreviation: IUS.
information builders — Distributors of LEVEL5 OBJECT. Telephone +1 800 969 INFO.
information industry — businesses that involve collecting and using information
inland revenue stamp — a certificate issued by the Inland Revenue to acknowledge payment of tax
insulin-coma therapy — a former treatment for mental illness, especially schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
intestinal fortitude — courage; resoluteness; endurance; guts: to have intestinal fortitude.
intravenous drug use — the injection of drugs intravenously
inventory adjustment — Inventory adjustments are increases or decreases made in inventory to account for theft, loss, breakages, and errors in the amount or number of items received.
isochronous transfer — isochronous
jack russell terrier — any of a breed of terrier with short hair and a mottled brown and white coat

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