15-letter words containing u, d, c
- surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
- target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- to chew the cud — When animals such as cows or sheep chew the cud, they slowly chew their partly-digested food over and over again in their mouth before finally swallowing it.
- tobacco budworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Heliothis virescens, that damages the buds and young leaves of tobacco.
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- treacle mustard — a N temperate cruciferous annual plant, Erysimum cheiranthoides, having small yellow flowers. It is a common weed in cultivated ground
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- truck (on) down — to walk in a carefree, leisurely manner; stroll
- truman doctrine — the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by Communism or any totalitarian ideology.
- truth-condition — the circumstances under which a statement is true
- udmurt republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the basin of the middle Kama. Capital: Izhevsk. Pop: 1 570 500 (2002). Area: 42 100 sq km (16 250 sq miles)
- ultrademocratic — (in the US) characteristic of a staunch member or supporter of the Democratic Party and its agenda
- ultrasound scan — sonograph examination
- un-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- un-incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
- un-romanticized — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
- unaccommodating — easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
- unaccounted for — If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.
- unaccounted-for — not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
- unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
- unauthenticated — to establish as genuine.
- uncharacterized — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
- uncircumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- uncondescending — showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality.
- unconditionally — not limited by conditions; absolute: an unconditional promise.
- unconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- under suspicion — suspected of a crime
- under-education — to educate too little or poorly.
- under-frequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- under-secretary — UK ministerial position
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underproduction — production that is less than normal or than is required by the demand.
- underpublicized — lacking publicity
- underresearched — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- undersubscribed — having more places available than the demand for them
- undisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or controlled