18-letter words containing l, o, u, d, n

non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
nueva san salvador — Santa Tecla.
oedipus at colonus — a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.
on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
optical soundtrack — the final soundtrack on a motion picture, which appears as a band of black and white serrations along a strip of film to the left of the composite print. Light is shined through the serrations and is converted to audible sound.
oxalosuccinic acid — an organic acid, C 6 H 6 O 7 , that is an intermediate formed by the dehydrogenation of isocitric acid in fat and carbohydrate metabolism.
parallel reduction — A form of applicative order reduction in which all redexes in an expression are reduced simultaneously. Variants include parallel outermost reduction and lenient reduction. See normal order reduction.
passing modulation — a modulation of a temporary nature.
percussion welding — a form of resistance welding in which the required pressure is provided by a hammerlike blow.
personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
physical education — systematic instruction in sports, exercises, and hygiene given as part of a school or college program.
piperonyl butoxide — a light-brown liquid, C 1 9 H 3 0 O 5 , used chiefly as a synergist in certain insecticides.
play cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
population density — ratio: inhabitants to area
population pyramid — a graph showing the distribution of a population by sex, age, etc.
pour cold water on — If someone pours cold water on a plan or idea, they criticize it so much that people lose their enthusiasm for it.
process scheduling — multitasking
production control — the planning and supervision of manufacturing activities to ensure that goods will be produced on time at the lowest possible cost.
protocol data unit — (PDU) A packet of data passed across a network. The term implies a specific layer of the OSI seven layer model and a specific protocol.
pseudointellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
pull one's head in — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
quartz-iodine lamp — a type of tungsten-halogen lamp containing small amounts of iodine and having a quartz envelope, operating at high temperature and producing an intense light for use in car headlamps, etc
regular hexahedron — a solid cube with six square faces
return to the fold — come back home
sao caetano do sul — a city in SE Brazil, SE of São Paulo.
saturated solution — A saturated solution is a solution in which there is so much solute that if there was any more, it would not dissolve.
small outline dimm — (storage) (SO-DIMM) A smaller kind of DIMM with 72 pins (supporting 32-bit transfers) or 144 pins (64-bit transfers). Regular DIMMs have 168 pins and support 64-bit transfers. Being roughly half the size of the regular DIMM, SO-DIMMs are often used in notebook computers.
soldier of fortune — a person who independently seeks pleasure, wealth, etc., through adventurous exploits.
solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
southampton island — an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories at the entrance to Hudson Bay. 19,100 sq. mi. (49,470 sq. km).
spackling compound — spackle
standoff insulator — a type of insulator that supports an electrical conductor at a distance from other elements or surfaces.
student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to find fault with — If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
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
under (one's) seal — in a document authenticated by one's seal
under lock and key — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
unit-linked policy — a life-assurance policy, the investment benefits of which are directly in proportion to the number of units in a unit trust purchased on the policyholder's behalf

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