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16-letter words containing r, u

  • combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
  • come full circle — to arrive back at one's starting point
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
  • communitarianism — A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
  • community center — A community center is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community centre — A community centre is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • community church — an independent or denominational church in a particular community.
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • community spirit — willingness and desire to participate in activities that promote a community
  • community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
  • commutator group — the subgroup of a given group, which consists of all the commutators in the group.
  • composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
  • compute parallel — (language)   (Compel) The first single-assignment language.
  • computer network — network
  • computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
  • computer science — the study of computers and their application
  • computer studies — a course of study devoted to using and programming computers
  • concurrent clean — (language)   An alternative name for Clean 1.0.
  • configurationism — Gestalt psychology
  • confused elderly — old and no longer having mental abilities sufficient for independent living
  • congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
  • constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
  • constructed type — (types)   A type formed by applying some type constructor function to one or more other types. The usual constructions are functions: t1 -> t2, products: (t1, t2), sums: t1 + t2 and lifting: lift(t1). (In LaTeX, the lifted type is written with a subscript \perp). See also algebraic data type, primitive type.
  • constructibility — The condition of being constructible.
  • constructionally — In a constructional manner.
  • constructionists — Plural form of constructionist.
  • constructiveness — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • consulting hours — the hours during which health practitioners are available for consultation
  • consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • consumer society — You can use consumer society to refer to a society where people think that spending money on goods and services is very important.
  • content curation — the selection, organization, and presentation of (usually) online material, either manually or by a computer program
  • continuous miner — continuous cutter.
  • contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
  • contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
  • control language — (language)   (CL) The batch language for IBM RPG/38, used in conjunction with RPG III. See also OCL.
  • conus arteriosus — the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
  • coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
  • cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
  • corona australis — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Ara and Pavo
  • coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
  • coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
  • corporal's guard — a squad commanded by a corporal
  • correction fluid — a fluid, usually white, that can be painted over a mistake in writing or typing so that the correct form can be written or typed on top
  • corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
  • cosmetic surgery — Cosmetic surgery is surgery done to make a person look more attractive.
  • costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
  • cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  • council of trent — the council of the Roman Catholic Church that met between 1545 and 1563 at Trent in S Tyrol. Reacting against the Protestants, it reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs and formulated the ideals of the Counter-Reformation
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