18-letter words containing u, d, c

redundancy payment — a sum of money given by an employer to an employee who has been made redundant: usually calculated on the basis of the employee's rate of pay and length of service
remembrance sunday — the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the armistice of 1918 that ended World War I, on which the dead of both World Wars are commemorated
repayment schedule — a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan, such as monthly payment, interest rate, due dates etc
reproduction proof — repro proof.
saint vitus' dance — chorea (def 2).
sao caetano do sul — a city in SE Brazil, SE of São Paulo.
scottish deerhound — one of a Scottish breed of large, tall hunting dogs having a medium-length, wiry, gray or reddish-fawn coat, originally developed for hunting and bringing down deer, and known as the royal dog of Scotland.
second triumvirate — the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc
second-degree burn — a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.
secondary consumer — (in the food chain) a carnivore that feeds only upon herbivores.
secondary industry — manufacturing, services, etc.
shipping documents — documents relating to the sending of a shipment of goods, for example containing details of contents, weight, value etc.
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
sodium thiocyanate — a white powder or colorless, deliquescent crystals, NaSCN, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in medicine in the treatment of hypertension.
solubility product — the maximum number of undissociated ions, of an electrolyte in a saturated solution, capable at a given temperature of remaining in equilibrium with the undissolved phase of the solution.
sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
spackling compound — spackle
standard schnauzer — schnauzer.
student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
study hall teacher — a teacher who supervises or helps students during a period of time or lesson used for studying
submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
succes de scandale — success won by reason of topical, usually scandalous, subject matter rather than by merit and critical respect.
sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
superciliary ridge — browridge.
suspended sentence — law: deferred decision
tertiary education — education, following secondary education at a school, at a college or university
theodore gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
thiosulphuric acid — an unstable acid known only in solutions and in the form of its salts. Formula: H2S2O3
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to come unstitched — to go wrong or awry
to cross your mind — If you say that an idea or possibility never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it.
to cut the mustard — If someone does not cut the mustard, their work or their performance is not as good as it should be or as good as it is expected to be.
to hold your peace — If you hold or keep your peace, you do not speak, even though there is something you want or ought to say.
turk's-head cactus — a cactus, Melocactus communis, of Jamaica, having needlelike spines and a cylindrical body with a tawny-red, fezlike terminal part bearing red flowers.
ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
ultrasound scanner — a device used to examine an internal bodily structure by the use of ultrasonic waves, esp for the diagnosis of abnormality in a fetus
under lock and key — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
under the jackboot — If a country or group of people is under the jackboot, they are suffering because the government is cruel and undemocratic.
under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
under-depreciation — decrease in value due to wear and tear, decay, decline in price, etc.
unearned increment — the increase in the value of property, especially land, due to natural causes, as growth of population, rather than to any labor or expenditure by the owner.
unit-linked policy — a life-assurance policy, the investment benefits of which are directly in proportion to the number of units in a unit trust purchased on the policyholder's behalf
upper middle class — wealthy, highly-educated people
ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
valle de la pascua — a city in N Venezuela.
video surveillance — a system of monitoring activity in an area or building using a television system in which signals are transmitted from a television camera to the receivers by cables or telephone links forming a closed circuit

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