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20-letter words containing r, u, c, t

  • uniform crime report — an annual report issued by the FBI that presents data on selected categories of crimes reported to the police. Abbreviation: UCR.
  • united arab republic — a name given the union of Egypt and Syria from 1958 to 1961; after that, the official name of Egypt alone until 1971. Abbreviation: U.A.R.
  • university education — a course of study undertaken and completed at a university
  • until further notice — If a situation is said to exist until further notice, it will continue for an uncertain length of time until someone changes it.
  • upmail tricia prolog — ftp://ftp.csd.uu.se/pub/Tricia/README. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • upper income bracket — a grouping of the highest earning tax payers
  • upper layer protocol — (protocol)   1. (ULP, or upper-layer protocol) Any protocol residing in OSI layers five or above. The Internet protocol suite includes many upper layer protocols representing a wide variety of applications e.g. FTP, NFS, RPC, and SMTP. These and other network applications use the services of TCP/IP and other lower layer protocols to provide users with basic network services. 2. A protocol higher in the OSI reference model than the current reference point. Upper Layer Protocol is often used to refer to the next-highest protocol in a particular protocol stack.
  • upset the apple cart — to disrupt a procedure, spoil someone's plans, etc.
  • vertical divestiture — the disposal of some or all the subsidiaries that make up a company's vertical combination through voluntary sale or legal compulsion.
  • vesicular stomatitis — a disease of horses, swine, and cattle, similar in its symptoms to foot-and-mouth disease, and characterized by blisters on the lips, snout, and oral mucous membranes.
  • viscount northcliffeViscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
  • vitoria de conquista — a city in Bahía state, E central Brazil.
  • voluntary redundancy — a financial package to encourage employees to voluntarily leave an organization that needs to restructure
  • war production board — the board (1942–45) that supervised and regulated the production and sale of matériel essential to the logistics of World War II. Abbreviation: WPB, W.P.B.
  • wardrobe malfunction — an embarrassing situation caused by the clothes a person is wearing
  • warehouse facilities — places for storing goods
  • wet-rice agriculture — the cultivation of rice by planting on dry land, transferring the seedlings to a flooded field, and draining the field before harvesting.
  • winsoft products ltd — (company)   The company which produces EMBLA Pro. E-mail: WinSoft Products Ltd <[email protected]>
  • with all due respect — despite my regard for you
  • without prejudice to — If you take an action without prejudice to an existing situation, your action does not change or harm that situation.
  • worcestershire sauce — a sharp sauce made with soy, vinegar, spices, etc., originally made in Worcester, England.
  • working-capital fund — a fund established to finance operating activities in an industrial enterprise.
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