24-letter words containing s, u, c

make ducks and drakes of — to use recklessly; squander or waste
mari autonomous republic — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
medium-scale integration — MSI.
michael viii palaeologus — 1234–1282, Byzantine ruler 1259–82, first of the Palaeologus emperors.
mitigating circumstances — conditions that lessen responsibility for a crime
morphologic construction — a construction that forms a compound or complex word. Compare syntactic construction (def 1).
multistation access unit — Media Access Unit
mutual insurance company — an insurance company owned by the policyholders and not by shareholders
neutrosophic probability — (logic) An extended form of probability based on Neutrosophy, in which a statement is held to be t true, i indeterminate, and f false, where t, i, f are real values from the ranges T, I, F, with no restriction on T, I, F or the sum n=t+i+f.
nongonococcal urethritis — a widespread sexually transmitted infection of the urethra, caused by the parasite Chlamydia trachomatis, or the mycoplasm Ureaplasma urealyticum, characterized in males by painful urination and discharge from the penis and in females by frequent, painful urination and cervical erosion. Abbreviation: NGU.
open system architecture — (operating system) (OSA) A competitor to IBM's SNA.
parallel cousin marriage — marriage between the children of two brothers or two sisters.
passbook savings account — a type of savings account in which transactions are entered into a passbook in the possession of the account holder.
phrase-structure grammar — a grammar that consists of phrase-structure rules.
pluck sth out of the air — If you say that someone plucks a figure, name, or date out of the air, you mean that they say it without thinking much about it before they speak.
polish people's republic — former name of Poland.
portable scheme debugger — (PSD) A package for source code debugging of R4RS-compliant Scheme under GNU Emacs by Kellom ?ki Pertti <[email protected]>. Version 1.1. Distributed under GNU GPL. It works with scm, Elk and Scheme->C.
potassium cobaltinitrite — a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, K 3 Co(NO 2) 6 , used as a pigment in oil and watercolor paints, and for coloring surfaces of glass, porcelain, etc.
presumption of innocence — the rebuttable presumption of the innocence of the defendant in a criminal action in Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence, placing upon the prosecution the burden of proof of the defendant's guilt.
private health insurance — insurance against the need for medical treatment as a private patient
public access television — television in which local producers or individuals can participate
public relations officer — a person who is responsible for communications with the public
public-access television — a noncommercial system of broadcasting on television channels made available to independent or community groups for programs of general interest to the community.
punch above one's weight — to do something that is considered to be beyond one's ability
pyrotraumatic dermatitis — hot spot.
quick-assembly furniture — furniture such as shelves and cupboards which you buy as a number of separate pieces and assemble yourself
recursive descent parser — (grammar) A "top-down" parser built from a set of mutually-recursive procedures or a non-recursive equivalent where each such procedure usually implements one of the productions of the grammar. Thus the structure of the resulting program closely mirrors that of the grammar it recognises.
renewable term insurance — Renewable term insurance is term life insurance that may be renewed for another period without the policyholder needing to provide further evidence of their insurability.
republic of south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
robot exclusion standard — standard for robot exclusion
rocky mountain whitefish — mountain whitefish.
rose-coloured spectacles — If you look at a person or situation through rose-coloured glasses or rose-tinted glasses, you see only their good points and therefore your view of them is unrealistic. In British English, you can also say that someone is looking through rose-coloured spectacles.
scholastic aptitude test — a standard assessment test for entry into college in the United States
scottish country dancing — a type of Scottish folk dancing, including reels, jigs, and strathspeys, in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
second earl of shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
self-fulfilling prophecy — a prophecy that comes true because of the expectation that it will
sequentially compact set — a set in which every sequence has a subsequence that converges to a point of the set.
show one's (true) colors — to reveal one's true self
sic transit gloria mundi — thus passes the glory of the world
single european currency — the official currency, also known as the Euro, of some of the members of the European Union
single premium insurance — Single premium insurance is insurance where all the premium is paid at once, in one payment.
skeleton in the cupboard — a scandalous fact or event in the past that is kept secret
south equatorial current — an ocean current, flowing westward, found near the equator in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
southern cornstalk borer — the larva of a grass moth, Diatraea crambidoides, occurring in the southeastern U.S. from Maryland to Georgia, that is sometimes a serious pest, especially of corn.
special checking account — a checking account that requires no minimum balance but in which a small charge is made for each check issued or drawn and for monthly maintenance.
structural functionalism — functionalism (def 3).
subordinate con-junction — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
succinylcholine chloride — a crystalline compound, C 1 4 H 3 0 Cl 2 N 2 O 4 , used as a skeletal muscle relaxant in surgical procedures.
sulphur-crested cockatoo — a large Australian white parrot, Kakatoe galerita, with a yellow erectile crest
superheterodyne receiver — a radio receiver that combines two radio-frequency signals by heterodyne action, to produce a signal above the audible frequency limit. This signal is amplified and demodulated to give the desired audio-frequency signal

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