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19-letter words containing s, t, u, n, g

  • ultrasonic cleaning — the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid. The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items
  • under the spotlight — If someone or something comes under the spotlight, they are thoroughly examined, especially by journalists and the public.
  • up against the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
  • wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
  • 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
  • zero-base budgeting — a process in government and corporate finance of justifying an overall budget or individual budgeted items each fiscal year or each review period rather than dealing only with proposed changes from a previous budget. Abbreviation: ZBB.
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