15-letter words containing u, n, c, a, d
- seven-card stud — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in each of the first two rounds, one card face up in each of the next four rounds, and one card face down in the last round, each of the last five rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare stud poker (def 1).
- special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
- stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
- standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
- stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
- state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
- student teacher — a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
- studio audience — spectators on a TV set
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- suck it and see — to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
- suicide machine — a device designed to permit a terminally ill person to commit suicide, as by the automatic injection of a lethal drug.
- sulfanilic acid — a grayish-white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, the para form of C 6 H 7 NO 3 S, used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
- surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
- 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
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- under-education — to educate too little or poorly.
- 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.
- underresearched — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- undisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or controlled
- unearned income — income received from property, as interest, dividends, or the like.
- unidiomatically — in a way that is not idiomatic
- unindoctrinated — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unrecommendable — not able to be recommended, supported, or endorsed
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.