21-letter words containing c, o, r, d, u, t

fraudulent conversion — conversion committed with the intent to defraud
goldbach's conjecture — the conjecture that every even number greater than two is the sum of two prime numbers
greek orthodox church — the branch of the Orthodox Church constituting the national church of Greece.
ground-effect machine — ACV (def 2).
higher-order function — (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as argument and/or return a function as its value. E.g. map in (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying function f to each of the elements of list l. See also curried function.
hydraulic accumulator — an apparatus in which gas, usually air, is used as a cushion or shock absorber in a hydraulic system.
in good circumstances — (of a person) in a good financial situation
induced radioactivity — artificial radioactivity.
industrial misconduct — behaviour by an employee that is considered to be negligent or irregular to such an extent that disciplinary action may be taken, usually by agreement between management and the employee's representatives
industrial psychology — the application of psychological principles and techniques to business and industrial problems, as in the selection of personnel or development of training programs.
lafcadio's adventures — French Les Caves du Vatican. a novel (1914) by André Gide.
medium access control — Media Access Control
mother-of-pearl cloud — nacreous cloud.
multi-ringed compound — A multi-ringed compound is a compound which has 70 or more carbon atoms, often a residual compound.
national public radio — a nationwide network of nonprofit radio stations supported in part by U.S. government funds distributed by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, often affiliated with a public television station or educational institution. Abbreviation: NPR.
needs no introduction — If you say that someone or something needs no introduction, you mean that they are so well known that everyone knows who or what they are.
nitrosylsulfuric acid — a clear, straw-colored, oily, corrosive liquid, HNO 5 S, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
nonexecutive director — a director of a commercial company who is not a full-time member of the company but is brought in to advise the other directors
optical double (star) — double star (sense 2)
orthophosphorous acid — a white to yellowish, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble solid, H 3 PO 3 , used chiefly in the synthesis of phosphites.
overcurrent detection — Overcurrent detection is a method of establishing that the value of current in a circuit exceeds a particular value for a particular length of time.
pathfinder prospectus — a prospectus regarding the flotation of a new company that contains only sufficient details to test the market reaction
pincushion distortion — a distortion produced by a lens in which the magnification increases toward the edge of the field.
pomp and circumstance — ceremony
printed circuit board — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)
production department — the department of a business or organization responsible for manufacturing products
progressive education — any of various reformist educational philosophies and methodologies since the late 1800s, applied especially to elementary schools, that reject the rote recitation and strict discipline of traditional, single-classroom teaching, favoring instead more stimulation of the individual pupil as well as group discussion, more informality in the classroom, a broader curriculum, and use of laboratories, gymnasiums, kitchens, etc., in the school.
public administration — the implementation of public policy, largely by the executive branch.
quadralay corporation — (company) The developers of GWHIS. Telephone: +1 512-346-9199. Fax: +1 512-346-8990.
registration document — a document giving identification details of a motor vehicle, including its manufacturer, date of registration, engine and chassis numbers, and owner's name
remote procedure call — (networking, programming) (RPC) A protocol which allows a program running on one host to cause code to be executed on another host without the programmer needing to explicitly code for this. RPC is an easy and popular paradigm for implementing the client-server model of distributed computing. An RPC is initiated by the caller (client) sending request message to a remote system (the server) to execute a certain procedure using arguments supplied. A result message is returned to the caller. There are many variations and subtleties in various implementations, resulting in a variety of different (incompatible) RPC protocols.
ring down the curtain — to lower the curtain at the end of a theatrical performance
rutherford scattering — the scattering of an alpha particle through a large angle with respect to the original direction of motion of the particle, caused by an atom (Rutherford atom) with most of the mass and all of the positive electric charge concentrated at a center or nucleus.
s-k reduction machine — An abstract machine defined by Professor David Turner to evaluate combinator expressions represented as binary graphs. Named after the two basic combinators, S and K.
scalar triple product — the volume of the parallelepiped defined by three given vectors, u, v, and w, usually represented as u·v 1 (v×w), [ uvw ], or (uvw), where × denotes a cross product and · denotes an inner product.
school superintendent — an official whose job is to oversee school administration within a district
silicon tetrafluoride — a colorless, fuming gas, SiF 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fluosilicic acid.
sinusoidal projection — an equal-area projection in which parallels are straight lines spaced at regular intervals, the central meridian is a straight line one-half the length of the equator, and the other meridians are curves symmetrical to the central meridian.
snr bandwidth product — (communications) The integral of the SNR over frequency. The SNR bandwidth product is an important limit in the capacity of a communication channel.
statutory declaration — a declaration made under statutory authority before a justice of the peace or commissioner for oaths which may in certain cases be substituted for a statement on oath
student participation — the extent to which students participate or involve themselves in a class, course, etc
suction and curettage — a technique involving extraction of the fetus through a suction tube, used to perform abortions during the early stages of pregnancy.
sunday school teacher — someone who teaches at a Sunday school
surface friction drag — the part of the drag on a body moving through a fluid that is dependent on the nature of the surface of the body
surface-to-underwater — (of a missile, message, etc.) traveling from the surface of the earth to a target underwater.
the household cavalry — a group of British soldiers on horseback who have the job of protecting the king or queen and their family
third party procedure — impleader.
to be hard luck on sb — to be unfortunate or unlucky for someone
to stick in your mind — If something sticks in your mind, it remains firmly in your memory.
trades union congress — The Trades Union Congress in Britain is the same as the TUC.

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