18-letter words containing a, u, p
- venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
- 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. - warehouse capacity — the amount of storage space in a warehouse
- weberian apparatus — (in certain fishes) a chain of small bones and ligaments connecting the inner ear with the air bladder.
- west puente valley — a town in SW California.
- women at point sur — a narrative poem (1927) by Robinson Jeffers.
- work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.