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18-letter words containing c, a, u, s

  • substitute teacher — educator: replaces sb temporarily
  • succes de scandale — success won by reason of topical, usually scandalous, subject matter rather than by merit and critical respect.
  • sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
  • summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
  • super royal octavo — a book size, 63⁄4 by 101⁄4 inches
  • superciliary ridge — browridge.
  • superior vena cava — See under vena cava.
  • supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
  • surface-to-surface — (of a missile, message, etc.) capable of traveling from a base on the surface of the earth to a target also on the surface.
  • surgical appliance — a specialized device used by somebody to relieve a particular medical condition
  • surveyor's compass — an instrument used by surveyors for measuring azimuths.
  • survival mechanism — something you or your body does automatically, in order to survive in a dangerous or unpleasant situation
  • take out insurance — take out insurance against something
  • telecommunications — Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.
  • tertiary structure — the way in which the helixes or beta structures of a polypeptide are folded or arranged into a three-dimensional configuration.
  • the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
  • the class struggle — the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power
  • the hunger marches — a number of processions by unemployed workers in the 1930s to protest against unemployment and deprivation
  • the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
  • thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
  • thiosulphuric acid — an unstable acid known only in solutions and in the form of its salts. Formula: H2S2O3
  • to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
  • to cut the mustard — If someone does not cut the mustard, their work or their performance is not as good as it should be or as good as it is expected to be.
  • to watch your step — If someone tells you to watch your step, they are warning you to be careful about how you behave or what you say so that you do not get into trouble.
  • traveller's cheque — Traveller's cheques are cheques that you buy at a bank and take with you when you travel, for example so that you can exchange them for the currency of the country that you are in.
  • treasury secretary — the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, the government department in the United States which is responsible for money and finance
  • turk's-head cactus — a cactus, Melocactus communis, of Jamaica, having needlelike spines and a cylindrical body with a tawny-red, fezlike terminal part bearing red flowers.
  • turn one's back on — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • ulcerative colitis — chronic ulceration in the large intestine, characterized by painful abdominal cramps and profuse diarrhea containing pus, blood, and mucus.
  • ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
  • ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
  • ultrasound scanner — a device used to examine an internal bodily structure by the use of ultrasonic waves, esp for the diagnosis of abnormality in a fetus
  • unconstitutionally — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
  • under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • unenthusiastically — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • unisys corporation — (company)   The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. Unisys is one of the largest providers of information services, technology, and software in the world. They employ about 49,000 people and do business in some 100 countries. In 1994 about 80 percent of revenue was derived from commercial information systems and services, with the remainder coming from electronic systems and services for the defense market. The defense business was sold to Loral in early 1995. Slightly more than half of Unisys's revenue is from business in the United States. They specialise in providing business-critical solutions, based on open information networks, for organisations that operate in transaction-intensive environments. These organisations include financial services companies, airlines, telecommunications companies, government agencies, and other commercial enterprises. In August 1994, quarterly sales were $1799M and profits $50M.
  • universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
  • university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
  • upper middle class — wealthy, highly-educated people
  • ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
  • valle de la pascua — a city in N Venezuela.
  • venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • video surveillance — a system of monitoring activity in an area or building using a television system in which signals are transmitted from a television camera to the receivers by cables or telephone links forming a closed circuit
  • war risk insurance — life insurance for members of the armed forces.
  • warehouse capacity — the amount of storage space in a warehouse
  • wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
  • wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
  • yeast nucleic acid — RNA.
  • young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party
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