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21-letter words containing i, n, d, u, c, e

  • richard coeur de lion — ("Richard the Lion-Hearted"; "Richard Coeur de Lion") 1157–99, king of England 1189–99.
  • 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.
  • school superintendent — an official whose job is to oversee school administration within a district
  • sedimentary sequences — Sedimentary sequences are layers of rock which are derived from weathered rocks, biogenic (= of living organisms) activity, or precipitation from solution.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • submerged arc welding — a type of heavy electric-arc welding using mechanically fed bare wire with the arc submerged in powdered flux to keep out oxygen
  • suction and curettage — a technique involving extraction of the fetus through a suction tube, used to perform abortions during the early stages of pregnancy.
  • supply-side economics — a school of economic thought that emphasizes the importance to a strong economy of policies that remove impediments to supply
  • 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
  • the student community — the body of students in further and higher education, considered as a whole
  • third-party insurance — insurance that compensates for a loss to a party other than the insured for which the insured is liable.
  • trades union congress — The Trades Union Congress in Britain is the same as the TUC.
  • turn queen's evidence — (of an accomplice) to act as witness for the prosecution and testify against those associated with him or her in crime
  • turn state's evidence — If someone who is accused of a crime turns state's evidence, they agree to give evidence in a law court against another person such as a former accomplice, usually in exchange for a reduced sentence for themselves.
  • undesirable discharge — a discharge under other than honorable conditions of a person from military service by administrative action.
  • universe of discourse — the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm.
  • university of iceland — (body, education)   The Home of Fjolnir.
  • white-knuckle paddler — an inexpert and timid canoeist.
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