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18-letter words containing s, u, r, e, n, d

  • duchenne dystrophy — the most common form of muscular dystrophy, usually affecting only boys
  • duty-free shopping — the making of duty-free purchases
  • dwarf storage unit — (humour)   (DSU) An IBM term for a cupboard.
  • elementary student — primary school pupil
  • engelbart, douglas — Douglas Engelbart
  • federal funds rate — The federal funds rate is the overnight rate between banks.
  • fissure of rolando — central sulcus.
  • funding operations — the conversion of government floating stock or short-term debt into holdings of long-term bonds
  • gastroduodenostomy — See under gastroenterostomy.
  • geodetic surveying — the surveying of the earth's surface, making allowance for its curvature and giving an accurate framework for smaller-scale surveys
  • grandfather clause — U.S. History. a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states after 1890 intended to permit whites to vote while disfranchising blacks: it exempted from new literacy and property qualifications for voting those men entitled to vote before 1867 and their lineal descendants.
  • granulated surface — a roughened surface
  • guidance counselor — advisor in schools
  • handlebar mustache — A handlebar mustache is a long thick mustache with curled ends.
  • head and shoulders — If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them.
  • honour moderations — (at Oxford University) the first public examination, in which candidates are placed into one of three classes of honours
  • hundred years' war — the series of wars between England and France, 1337–1453, in which England lost all its possessions in France except Calais.
  • in your mind's eye — If you see something in your mind's eye, you imagine it and have a clear picture of it in your mind.
  • indentured servant — a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time, usually seven years, especially during the 17th to 19th centuries. Generally, indentured servants included redemptioners, victims of religious or political persecution, persons kidnapped for the purpose, convicts, and paupers.
  • indestructibleness — The quality of being indestructible.
  • indirect discourse — discourse consisting not of an exact quotation of a speaker's words but of a version transformed from them for grammatical inclusion in a larger sentence. He said he was hungry is an example of indirect discourse.
  • industrial disease — occupational disease (def 1).
  • industrial dispute — disagreement between workers and managers
  • industrial hygiene — the science that assesses, controls, and prevents occupational factors or sources of stress in the workplace that may significantly affect the health and well-being of employees or of the community in general
  • industrial vehicle — a vehicle designed for use in industry
  • instrument landing — an aircraft landing accomplished by use of gauges on the instrument panel and ground-based radio equipment, with limited reference to outside visual signals.
  • insurance adjuster — An insurance adjuster is the same as a claims adjuster.
  • integrated studies — a course that includes a number of subjects and is organized by theme
  • jerusalem syndrome — a delusive condition affecting some visitors to Jerusalem in which the sufferer identifies with a major figure from his or her religious background
  • justice department — the United States federal department for enforcing federal laws
  • loschmidt's number — the number of molecules in one cubic centimeter of an ideal gas at standard temperature and pressure, equal to 2.687 × 10 19.
  • magnesium peroxide — a white, tasteless, water-insoluble powder, MgO 2 , used as an antiseptic and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • manufactured goods — products made by machine
  • misunderestimation — (nonstandard) An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating.
  • multi-user dungeon — Multi-User Dimension
  • needlestick injury — an injury that is caused by accidentally pricking the skin with a hypodermic needle
  • netherlands guiana — a former name of Suriname.
  • neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
  • non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • nondestructiveness — The quality of not being destructive.
  • nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
  • nueva san salvador — Santa Tecla.
  • paediatric nursing — the branch of nursing concerned with the care of children
  • pass the hat round — to collect money, as for a cause
  • passing-out parade — a ceremonial parade of cadets who have completed their training
  • percussion welding — a form of resistance welding in which the required pressure is provided by a hammerlike blow.
  • personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
  • predation pressure — the effect of predation upon a population, resulting in the decrease in size of that population.
  • presidential suite — a suite of rooms, as in a hotel, suitable for a president or other head of state.
  • process scheduling — multitasking
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