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18-letter words containing o

  • 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
  • under the aegis of — guided or protected by
  • under the jackboot — If a country or group of people is under the jackboot, they are suffering because the government is cruel and undemocratic.
  • under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • under-depreciation — decrease in value due to wear and tear, decay, decline in price, etc.
  • under-registration — the act of registering.
  • unfair competition — acts done by a seller to confuse or deceive the public with intent to acquire a larger portion of the market, as by cutting prices below cost, misleading advertising, selling a spurious product under a false identity, etc.
  • unification church — a religious sect that combines elements of Protestantism and Buddhism, founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in 1954: many of its members live in communes sponsored by the sect.
  • unisys corporation — (company)   The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. Unisys is one of the largest providers of information services, technology, and software in the world. They employ about 49,000 people and do business in some 100 countries. In 1994 about 80 percent of revenue was derived from commercial information systems and services, with the remainder coming from electronic systems and services for the defense market. The defense business was sold to Loral in early 1995. Slightly more than half of Unisys's revenue is from business in the United States. They specialise in providing business-critical solutions, based on open information networks, for organisations that operate in transaction-intensive environments. These organisations include financial services companies, airlines, telecommunications companies, government agencies, and other commercial enterprises. In August 1994, quarterly sales were $1799M and profits $50M.
  • unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
  • 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
  • united nations day — the anniversary of the United Nations on October 24, marking its founding in 1945.
  • universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
  • unix international — (body)   (UI) A consortium including Sun, AT&T and others formed to promote an open environment based on Unix System V, including the Open Look windowing system.
  • up someone's alley — suited to someone's tastes or abilities
  • up to one's elbows — the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm.
  • up to one's tricks — If you say that someone is up to their tricks or up to their old tricks, you disapprove of them because they are behaving in the dishonest or deceitful way in which they typically behave.
  • up to the eyeballs — You use up to the eyeballs to emphasize that someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree.
  • upper palaeolithic — the latest of the three periods of the Palaeolithic, beginning about 40 000 bc and ending, in Europe, about 12 000 bc: characterized by the emergence of modern man, Homo sapiens
  • upper partial tone — overtone (def 1).
  • ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
  • urban contemporary — popular dance music incorporating elements of rap, rhythm-and-blues, funk, and soul.
  • urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
  • uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
  • vanadium pentoxide — a yellow to red crystalline compound, V 2 O 5 , slightly soluble in water, used as a catalyst for organic reactions, in glass to absorb ultraviolet radiation, and as a photographic developer.
  • vectorcardiography — a method of determining the direction and magnitude of the electrical forces of the heart.
  • vermiform appendix — a narrow, blind tube protruding from the cecum, having no known useful function, in humans being 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and situated in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen.
  • vermilion rockfish — a scarlet-red rockfish, Sebastes miniatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America, important as a food fish.
  • very low frequency — any frequency between 3 and 30 kilohertz. Abbreviation: VLF.
  • veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
  • vicar of wakefield — a novel (1766) by Goldsmith.
  • victor emmanuel ii — 1820–78, king of Sardinia 1849–78; first king of Italy 1861–78.
  • video compact disc — (storage)   (VCD) A storage format used for film distribution.
  • video conferencing — the holding of videoconferences.
  • video entry system — a security system whereby a person in a building can see someone who wants to gain access by means of a video image
  • video installation — an art installation incorporating video footage
  • video surveillance — a system of monitoring activity in an area or building using a television system in which signals are transmitted from a television camera to the receivers by cables or telephone links forming a closed circuit
  • videotape recorder — a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
  • vigoureux printing — a printing method in which worsted fibers are printed with the desired color while in sliver form and then processed into yarn, producing a mixed color in the spun yarn and woven fabric.
  • virginia snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
  • visiting professor — a professor from another institution invited to teach at a university or college for a limited period, usually for a semester or one academic year.
  • visitor's passport — (formerly, in Britain) a passport, valid for one year and for certain countries only, that could be purchased from post offices
  • voluntary abortion — abortion (def 1).
  • voluntary-abortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
  • vosges (mountains) — mountain range in NE France, west of the Rhine: highest peak, c. 4,700 ft (1,433 m)
  • vote of confidence — expression of trust in sb's abilities
  • voter registration — the requirement of citizens to become registered in order to vote
  • wage determination — the process of setting wage rates or establishing wage structures in particular situations
  • wardrobe assistant — a person who assists the wardrobe mistress in a theatre
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