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20-letter words containing s, i, g, n, u

  • absolute undertaking — a legally binding promise to do something that is not restricted or qualified in any way
  • accounting standards — a set of standard rules that accountancy companies are obliged to follow
  • after-hours drinking — drinking in a pub after its legal closing time
  • anglo-egyptian sudan — territory jointly administered by Egypt & Great Britain (1899-1956)
  • angoumois grain moth — a gelechiid moth, Sitotroga cerealella, the larvae of which feed on stored corn and other grains.
  • angular displacement — the angle through which a point, line, or body is rotated about a specific axis in a given direction
  • antigestational drug — a drug that averts a pregnancy by preventing the fertilized egg from becoming implanted in the uterine wall.
  • argument from design — the argument for the existence of God based on the assumption that order in the universe implies an orderer and cannot be a natural feature of the universe.
  • asian tiger mosquito — a mosquito, Aedes albopictus, native to Asia, that transmits yellow fever and dengue and possibly West Nile virus. Compare yellow-fever mosquito.
  • australian rye grass — a European grass, Lolium multiflorum, naturalized in North America, having flowering spikes and used as a winter turf.
  • basic encoding rules — (protocol, standard)   (BER) ASN.1 encoding rules for producing self-identifying and self-delimiting transfer syntax for data structures described in ASN.1 notations. BER is an self-identifying and self-delimiting encoding scheme, which means that each data value can be identified, extracted and decoded individually. Huw Rogers once described BER as "a triumph of bloated theory over clean implementation". He also criticises it as designed around bitstreams with arbitrary boundaries between data which can only be determined at a high level. Documents: ITU-T X.690, ISO 8825-1. See also CER, DER, PER.
  • bernese mountain dog — a strong sturdy dog of a breed with a bushy tail and a long silky black coat with reddish-brown and white markings, often used as a working farm dog
  • binge-purge syndrome — bulimia.
  • black lung (disease) — a disease of the lungs caused by the inhalation of coal dust; anthracosis
  • blue ridge mountains — a mountain range in the eastern US, extending from West Virginia into Georgia: part of the Appalachian mountains. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft)
  • bottom-up processing — a processing technique, either in the brain or in a computer, in which incoming information is analysed in successive steps and later-stage processing does not affect processing in earlier stages
  • bring down the house — to receive enthusiastic applause from the audience
  • bring the house down — to win great applause
  • brown lung (disease) — a chronic disease of the lungs caused by inhalation of fine textile fibers, esp. cotton; byssinosis
  • bundle of isoglosses — bundle (def 6).
  • casing head pressure — The casing head pressure is the pressure on the casing, which is measured at the wellhead.
  • centrifugal spinning — the spinning of rayon filaments in a centrifugal box.
  • child support agency — the British government agency concerned with the welfare of children
  • collegiate institute — (in certain provinces) a large secondary school with an academic, rather than vocational, emphasis
  • common lodging house — a cheap lodging house
  • computer typesetting — a system for the high-speed composition of type by a device driven by punched paper tape or magnetic tape that has been processed by a computer
  • confectioners' sugar — Confectioners' sugar is very fine white sugar that is used for making icing and candy.
  • conscious uncoupling — the ending of a romantic relationship or marriage in a respectful, positive, and constructive way.
  • contradistinguishing — Present participle of contradistinguish.
  • crime against nature — Law. sodomy.
  • cross-country skiing — the activity of skiing across open country for pleasure
  • cutting-out scissors — a type of scissors used to cut out pieces of fabric for sewing
  • deinstitutionalizing — Present participle of deinstitutionalize.
  • dementia pugilistica — chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
  • differential housing — the casing that houses the differential of a motor vehicle
  • digital service unit — data service unit
  • directory user agent — (DUA) The software that accesses the X.500 Directory Service on behalf of the directory user. The directory user may be a person or another software element.
  • early sunday morning — a painting (1930) by Edward Hopper.
  • eight queens problem — eight queens puzzle
  • electronic signature — electronic proof of a person's identity
  • estrela mountain dog — a sturdy well-built dog of a Portuguese breed with a long thick coat and a thick tuft of hair round the neck, often used as a guard dog
  • first-cause argument — an argument for the existence of God, asserting the necessity of an uncaused cause of all subsequent series of causes, on the assumption that an infinite regress is impossible.
  • fuming sulfuric acid — an oily, hygroscopic, corrosive liquid, H 2 S 2 O 7 , that, depending on purity, is colorless or dark brown: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent in the manufacture of explosives and as a sulfating or sulfonating agent in the manufacture of dyes.
  • gastroduodenostomies — Plural form of gastroduodenostomy.
  • general postal union — former name of Universal Postal Union. Abbreviation: GPU.
  • general public virus — (software, legal)   A pejorative name for some versions of the GNU project copyleft or General Public License (GPL), which requires that any tools or application programs incorporating copylefted code must be source-distributed on the same terms as GNU code. Thus it is alleged that the copyleft "infects" software generated with GNU tools, which may in turn infect other software that reuses any of its code.
  • get one's finger out — to begin or speed up activity, esp after initial delay or slackness
  • get under one's skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
  • glucosamine sulphate — a compound used in some herbal remedies and dietary supplements, esp to strengthen joint cartilage
  • good driver discount — A good driver discount is a discount on insurance that is available to drivers who have no at-fault accidents and no traffic offenses during a particular period.

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