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20-letter words containing c, l, u, e

  • structural isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
  • subjective idea-list — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
  • surveillance society — a society where surveillance technology is widely used to monitor people's everyday activities
  • systemic circulation — the circulatory system in general.
  • systemic linguistics — a school of linguistics of British origin that emphasizes the social functions of language and describes grammar in terms of hierarchically organized structures and of systems of mutually exclusive choices available to the speaker under specified conditions.
  • take up a collection — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • telephone subscriber — a person who subscribes to a telephone service
  • terrestrial guidance — a method of missile or rocket guidance in which the flight path is controlled by reference to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational or magnetic field
  • the canterbury tales — an uncompleted sequence of tales by Chaucer, written for the most part after 1387.
  • the luck of the draw — If you say that something is the luck of the draw, you mean that it is the result of chance and you cannot do anything about it.
  • thermal conductivity — the amount of heat per unit time per unit area that can be conducted through a plate of unit thickness of a given material, the faces of the plate differing by one unit of temperature.
  • thomas of erceldoune — Thomas of, Thomas of Erceldoune.
  • to clean up your act — If someone who has been behaving badly cleans up their act, they start to behave in a more acceptable or responsible way.
  • to clear your throat — If you clear your throat, you cough once in order to make it easier to speak or to attract people's attention.
  • to come to full term — to be carried or last until the ninth month of gestation or pregnancy
  • to flex your muscles — If a group, organization, or country flexes its muscles, it does something to impress or frighten people, in order to show them that it has power and is considering using it.
  • to keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example, when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
  • to line your pockets — If you say that someone is lining their own or someone else's pockets, you disapprove of them because they are making money dishonestly or unfairly.
  • to pull your punches — If you say that someone does not pull their punches when they are criticizing a person or thing, you mean that they say exactly what they think, even though this might upset or offend people.
  • triple witching hour — the last hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the four Fridays each year when stock options, stock index futures, and options on such futures simultaneously expire: regarded as a time of extreme volatility in trading.
  • troilus and cressida — a satiric comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare.
  • tropical disturbance — a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.
  • trumpet call for sth — a signal for something
  • turnip-rooted celery — celeriac.
  • ultimate constituent — an element of a construction that cannot be further divided into grammatical constituents: the morphemes of an utterance are usually considered to be its ultimate constituents.
  • uncharacteristically — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
  • united arab republic — a name given the union of Egypt and Syria from 1958 to 1961; after that, the official name of Egypt alone until 1971. Abbreviation: U.A.R.
  • unsaddling enclosure — the area at a racecourse where horses are unsaddled after a race and often where awards are given to owners, trainers, and jockeys
  • until further notice — If a situation is said to exist until further notice, it will continue for an uncertain length of time until someone changes it.
  • upper layer protocol — (protocol)   1. (ULP, or upper-layer protocol) Any protocol residing in OSI layers five or above. The Internet protocol suite includes many upper layer protocols representing a wide variety of applications e.g. FTP, NFS, RPC, and SMTP. These and other network applications use the services of TCP/IP and other lower layer protocols to provide users with basic network services. 2. A protocol higher in the OSI reference model than the current reference point. Upper Layer Protocol is often used to refer to the next-highest protocol in a particular protocol stack.
  • upset the apple cart — to disrupt a procedure, spoil someone's plans, etc.
  • vertical divestiture — the disposal of some or all the subsidiaries that make up a company's vertical combination through voluntary sale or legal compulsion.
  • vesicular stomatitis — a disease of horses, swine, and cattle, similar in its symptoms to foot-and-mouth disease, and characterized by blisters on the lips, snout, and oral mucous membranes.
  • viscount northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
  • visual merchandising — Visual merchandising is the use of attractive displays and floor plans to increase customer numbers and sales volumes.
  • visually handicapped — unable to carry out normal activities because of defects of vision, including blindness
  • vocational education — educational training that provides practical experience in a particular occupational field, as agriculture, home economics, or industry.
  • voluntary redundancy — a financial package to encourage employees to voluntarily leave an organization that needs to restructure
  • wardrobe malfunction — an embarrassing situation caused by the clothes a person is wearing
  • warehouse facilities — places for storing goods
  • wet-rice agriculture — the cultivation of rice by planting on dry land, transferring the seedlings to a flooded field, and draining the field before harvesting.
  • white bush (scallop) — a variety of summer squash having a saucer-shaped white fruit, scalloped around the edges
  • whole-life insurance — a type of insurance with a savings element that is guaranteed to pay out on death provided premiums have been paid as required by the policy
  • wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.
  • with all due respect — despite my regard for you
  • yellow-billed cuckoo — a North American cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, that has a yellow bill and, unlike many cuckoos, constructs its own nest and rears its own young.
  • zone of accumulation — B horizon.
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