20-letter words containing d, o, c, t, r, a

edward the confessor — Saint, 1002?–66, English king 1042–66: founder of Westminster Abbey.
electoral boundaries — the way that a country or area is divided for the purposes of voting in an election
electrocardiographic — Of or pertaining to an electrocardiogram (ECG) or electrocardiograph.
electrohydrodynamics — (physics) the study of the dynamics of electrically conducting fluid.
elementary education — the first six to eight years of a child's education
factor of production — any instrument, agent, etc., employed in the production of goods and services.
fast-breeder reactor — a breeder reactor in which there is no moderator and fission is caused by high-energy neutrons.
federal constitution — Constitution of the United States.
file descriptor leak — (programming) (Or "fd leak" /F D leek/) A kind of programming bug analogous to a core leak, in which a program fails to close file descriptors ("fd"s) after file operations are completed, and thus eventually runs out of them. See leak.
fission-track dating — the dating of samples of minerals by comparing the tracks in them by fission fragments of the uranium nuclei they contain, before and after irradiation by neutrons
fixed action pattern — a highly stereotyped pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a particular species.
fixed-price contract — a contract in which the price is preset and invariable, regardless of the actual costs of production.
flight data recorder — a recording device that records relevant data during an aircraft's flight
for sb's delectation — If you do something for someone's delectation, you do it to give them enjoyment or pleasure.
frequency modulation — FM.
grade school teacher — a teacher in a grade school
heteropolysaccharide — (carbohydrate) any polysaccharide formed from two or more different kinds of monosaccharide.
horizontal microcode — (processor) Microcode using horizontal encoding.
hot under the collar — the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
hydrostatic pressure — Hydrostatic pressure is the pressure exerted by a liquid that depends on how deep it is.
hyperadrenocorticism — Cushing's syndrome.
imported currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
in flagrante delicto — Law. in the very act of committing the offense.
in-service education — training and education given to employed teachers throughout their career
incorporated company — a legally constituted company
incremental recorder — a device for recording data as it is generated, usually on paper tape or magnetic tape, and feeding it into a computer
indian cucumber root — a North American plant, Medeola virginiana, of the lily family, having whorled leaves, nodding, greenish-yellow flowers, and an edible root.
indicated horsepower — the horsepower of a reciprocating engine as shown by an indicator record. Abbreviation: ihp, IHP.
industrial democracy — control of an organization by the people who work for it, esp by workers holding positions on its board of directors
industrial sociology — the sociological study of social relationships and social structures in business settings.
intermediate section — The intermediate section is the section of the borehole after the top hole, which has more consolidated rock.
international candle — candle (def 3b).
into/in cold storage — If you put an idea or plan into cold storage or in cold storage, you delay it for a while rather than acting on it as you originally intended.
jordan curve theorem — the theorem that the complement of a simple closed curve can be expressed as the union of two disjoint sets, each having as boundary the given curve.
knock-down, drag-out — characterized by great violence, harshness, animosity, etc.
law of contradiction — the law that a proposition cannot be both true and false or that a thing cannot both have and not have a given property.
lieutenant commander — a commissioned officer ranking next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
macular degeneration — degeneration of the central portion of the retina, resulting in a loss of sharp vision.
magnetohydrodynamics — the branch of physics that deals with the motion of electrically conductive fluids, especially plasmas, in magnetic fields. Abbreviation: MHD.
mail-order catalogue — a catalogue of goods you can buy from a particular company by mail order
margaret of scotland — Saint. 1045–93, queen consort of Malcolm III of Scotland. Her piety and benefactions to the church led to her canonization (1250). Feast days: June 10, Nov 16
media access control — (networking) (MAC) The lower sublayer of the OSI data link layer. The interface between a node's Logical Link Control and the network's physical layer. The MAC differs for various physical media. See also MAC Address, Ethernet, IEEE 802.3, token ring.
medical practitioner — doctor
megabytes per second — (unit) (MBps, MB/s) Millions of bytes per second. A unit of data rate. 1 MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes per second (not 1,048,576).
meta-dichlorobenzene — a colorless liquid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used as a fumigant and insecticide.
nemine contradicente — no one contradicting; unanimously.
net national product — the gross national product less allowance for depreciation of capital goods. Abbreviation: NNP.
new democratic party — the Canadian social democratic party formed in 1961
nonaccidental injury — damage, such as a bruise, burn, or fracture, deliberately inflicted on a child or an old person
nondirective therapy — client-centered therapy.

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