18-letter words containing u, n, c
- chebyshev equation — Tchebycheff equation.
- children's crusade — a crusade to recover Jerusalem from the Saracens, undertaken in 1212 by thousands of French and German children who perished, were sold into slavery, or were turned back.
- chinese revolution — the overthrow of the last Manchu emperor and the establishment of a republic in China (1911–12)
- chlorofluorocarbon — Chlorofluorocarbons are the same as CFCs.
- chlorohydroquinone — a white to light-tan, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 3 Cl(OH) 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a developer in photography.
- chukchi-kamchatkan — Chukotian.
- church of scotland — the established church in Scotland, Calvinist in doctrine and Presbyterian in constitution
- circular breathing — a technique for sustaining a phrase on a wind instrument, using the cheeks to force air out of the mouth while breathing in through the nose
- circulating medium — currency serving as a medium of exchange
- circumnavigational — Relating to circumnavigation.
- citizen journalism — the involvement of non-professionals in reporting news, esp in blogs and other websites
- clark's nutcracker — a nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana, of western North America, having pale gray plumage and black and white wings and tail.
- clean up one's act — to start to behave in a responsible manner
- clew down (or up) — to lower (or raise) a sail by means of clew lines
- closure conversion — (theory) The transformation of continuation passing style code so that the only free variables of functions are names of other functions. See also Lambda lifting.
- coastguard station — the headquarters or local offices of a coastguard
- coiled tubing unit — A coiled tubing unit is all of the equipment needed to carry out coiled tubing drilling.
- coitus interruptus — the deliberate withdrawal of the penis from the vagina before ejaculation
- colloidal solution — a mixture having particles of one component, with diameters between 10 −7 and 10 −9 metres, suspended in a continuous phase of another component. The mixture has properties between those of a solution and a fine suspension
- colour commentator — a sports celebrity who works as part of a commentary team
- combination square — an adjustable device for carpenters, used as a try square, miter square, level, etc.
- combustion chamber — an enclosed space in which combustion takes place, such as the space above the piston in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine or the chambers in a gas turbine or rocket engine in which fuel and oxidant burn
- combustion furnace — a furnace used in the laboratory to carry out elemental analysis of organic compounds
- common user access — (programming) (CUA) The user interface standard of SAA.
- common-law husband — a man considered to be a woman's husband after the couple have cohabited for several years
- communication cord — a cord or chain in a train which may be pulled by a passenger to stop the train in an emergency
- communication line — a line carrying communications
- community hospital — (in the US) a local hospital
- community language — a language spoken by members of a minority group or community within a majority language context
- community medicine — medical services for a particular area
- community policing — Community policing is a system in which policemen work only in one particular area of the community, so that everyone knows them.
- community property — the joint ownership of the property of a husband and wife
- commutation ticket — a ticket entitling the holder to travel over the same route, as on a railroad, a specified number of times at a reduced rate
- compassion fatigue — the inability to react sympathetically to a crisis, disaster, etc, because of overexposure to previous crises, disasters, etc
- composite function — a function obtained from two given functions, where the range of one function is contained in the domain of the second function, by assigning to an element in the domain of the first function that element in the range of the second function whose inverse image is the image of the element.
- composition rubber — manufactured rubber
- computer animation — animated film or video that is generated by computers
- computer scientist — a person with advanced knowledge of computers and how they work
- computer telephony — Computer Telephone Integration
- computer-generated — produced by a computer program
- conceptual realism — the doctrine that universals have real and independent existence.
- conceptualisations — Plural form of conceptualisation.
- conceptualizations — Plural form of conceptualization.
- concrete universal — a principle that necessarily has universal import but is also concrete by virtue of its arising in historical situations.
- concurring opinion — an opinion issued by one or more judges which agrees with the decision reached by the majority of the court, but offers additional or different reasons for reaching that decision
- concussion grenade — a grenade designed to inflict damage by the force of its detonation rather than by the fragmentation of its casing.
- conductivity water — water that has a conductivity of less than 0.043 × 10–6 S cm–1
- configuration item — (jargon) Hardware or software, or an aggregate of both, which is designated by the project configuration manager (or contracting agency) for configuration management.
- congregate housing — a type of housing in which each individual or family has a private bedroom or living quarters but shares with other residents a common dining room, recreational room, or other facilities.
- conjugate solution — a system of liquids, each partially miscible in the other, existing with a common interface, consisting of a saturated solution of one in the other.