19-letter words containing n, y, c, t, u

industrial capacity — the amount of resources (workforce, factories, etc) present in a place that will enable an industry or industries to produce goods
introduction agency — a company whose business is to match romantic partners for a fee
least recently used — (operating systems) (LRU) A rule used in a paging system which selects a page to be paged out if it has been used (read or written) less recently than any other page. The same rule may also be used in a cache to select which cache entry to flush. This rule is based on temporal locality - the observation that, in general, the page (or cache entry) which has not been accessed for longest is least likely to be accessed in the near future.
leukoencephalopathy — (medicine) Any disease that effects the white matter of the brain.
liability insurance — insurance covering the insured against losses arising from injury or damage to another person or property.
mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
metropolitan county — (in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986
molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
mutual fund company — a company that sells and manages mutual funds
narcotics anonymous — an organization that helps drug users recover from drug addiction
neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
newcastle upon tyne — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
oxyacetylene burner — a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperatures
party-column ballot — Indiana ballot.
pecuniary advantage — financial advantage that is dishonestly obtained by deception and that constitutes a criminal offence
phthalocyanine blue — a pigment used in painting, derived from copper phthalocyanine and characterized chiefly by its brilliant, dark-blue color and by permanence.
physical sequential — (file format) (PS, QSAM, Queued Sequential Access Method) The simplest data set on an IBM mainframe. Sequential files can only be read or written from the beginning: they do not support random access.
pneumatic conveying — Pneumatic conveying is the movement of powdered or granulated solids using air.
priority scheduling — (operating system) Processes scheduling in which the scheduler selects tasks to run based on their priority as opposed to, say, a simple round-robin. Priorities may be static or dynamic. Static priorities are assigned at the time of creation, while dynamic priorities are based on the processes' behaviour while in the system. For example, the scheduler may favour I/O-intensive tasks so that expensive requests can be issued as early as possible. A danger of priority scheduling is starvation, in which processes with lower priorities are not given the opportunity to run. In order to avoid starvation, in preemptive scheduling, the priority of a process is gradually reduced while it is running. Eventually, the priority of the running process will no longer be the highest, and the next process will start running. This method is called aging.
redbrick university — any new or little-known university, especially one built since World War II to educate students in industrial regions, emphasizing technical subjects rather than the classics, and often partially supported by government funds.
restricted currency — a non-convertible currency
rocky mountain goat — a long-haired, white, antelopelike wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of mountainous regions of western North America, having short, black horns.
secondary education — education at high-school level
secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
secondary structure — the arrangement of a polypeptide into a regular alpha helix, beta structure, or random coil configuration by the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds along the length of the chain.
self-congratulatory — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
senatorial courtesy — the practice in the U.S. Senate of confirming only those presidential appointees approved by both senators from the state of the appointee, or by the senior senator of the president's party.
smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
subsistence economy — an economy which produces only enough output for its own consumption and does not attempt to accumulate wealth
the channel country — an area of E central Australia, in SW Queensland: crossed by intermittent rivers and subject to both flooding and long periods of drought
to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
to change your tune — If you say that someone has changed their tune, you are criticizing them because they have changed their opinion or way of doing things.
to lick your wounds — If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.
to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
to suck someone dry — If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
turn of the century — point when one century becomes another
twenty-six counties — the counties of the Republic of Ireland
ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
unconstitutionality — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
university entrance — an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
valencian community — region comprising three provinces of E Spain: 8,998 sq mi (23,305 sq km); pop. 4,029,000; cap. Valencia
vapor recovery unit — A vapor recovery unit is a system for recovering vapors from inside sealed crude oil or condensate tanks, with a scrubber (= a device for removing unwanted substances) and compressor (= a device that raises pressure).
velocity modulation — the modulation in velocity of a beam of electrons or ions caused by passing the beam through a high-frequency electric field, as in a cavity resonator
volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998

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