20-letter words containing u, n, d, o, i

fondue bourguignonne — a dish consisting of pieces of steak impaled on forks, cooked in oil at the table and dipped in sauces
frequency modulation — FM.
fulminating compound — a fulminate.
gastroduodenostomies — Plural form of gastroduodenostomy.
get under one's skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
gill-over-the-ground — ground ivy.
godefroy de bouillon — c1060–1100, French crusader.
good driver discount — A good driver discount is a discount on insurance that is available to drivers who have no at-fault accidents and no traffic offenses during a particular period.
grand unified theory — a possible future quantum field theory that would encompass both the electroweak theory and quantum chromodynamics. Abbreviation: GUT.
gravitational radius — Schwarzschild radius.
group code recording — (storage) (GCR) A recording method used for 6250 BPI magnetic tapes. GCR typically uses a group of five bits of code to represent four bits of data. The encoding ensures no more than two or three zeros occur in a row, and no more than eight or so ones occur in a row, where zeros represent an absense of magnetic change. GCR is also used on Commodore Business Machines diskette drives; the 4040, 8050, 154x, 157x and 158x series of 5.25" and 3.5" low and high density diskette drives used with 8-bit home computers circa 1977 to 1992. It was also supported on Amiga internal and external drives but only used for reading non-Amiga disks. Compare NRZI, PE.
guided visualization — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
happy hunting ground — the North American Indian heaven, conceived of as a paradise of hunting and feasting for warriors and hunters.
helmeted guinea fowl — the common guinea fowl in its wild state.
high-density housing — housing with a higher population density than the average, typically blocks of flats, and tower blocks
holder in due course — a person who has received a negotiable instrument in good faith and without notice that it is overdue, that there is any prior claim, or that there is a defect in the title of the person who negotiated it.
hospitality industry — the hotel and accommodation industry
household appliances — devices or machines, usually electrical, that are in your home and which you use to do jobs such as cleaning or cooking
huntington's disease — a hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by brain deterioration and loss of control over voluntary movements, the symptoms usually appearing in the fourth decade of life.
hurricane-force wind — a wind, not necessarily a hurricane, having a speed of more than 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec): the strongest of the winds.
hydraulic suspension — a system of motor-vehicle suspension using hydraulic members, often with hydraulic compensation between front and rear systems (hydroelastic suspension)
hydrodesulfurization — desulfurization by catalytic agents of the sulfur-rich hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum or the like during cracking or hydrocracking.
ideal of pure reason — God, seen as an idea of pure reason unifying the personal soul with the cosmos.
imported currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
in double-quick time — In double-quick time means the same as double-quick.
in the public domain — able to be discussed and examined freely by the general public
in-service education — training and education given to employed teachers throughout their career
indian cucumber root — a North American plant, Medeola virginiana, of the lily family, having whorled leaves, nodding, greenish-yellow flowers, and an edible root.
industrial democracy — control of an organization by the people who work for it, esp by workers holding positions on its board of directors
industrial espionage — the stealing of technological or commercial research data, blueprints, plans, etc., as by a person in the hire of a competing company.
industrial relations — (used with a plural verb) the dealings or relations of an industrial concern with its employees, with labor in general, with the public, etc.
industrial sociology — the sociological study of social relationships and social structures in business settings.
information builders — Distributors of LEVEL5 OBJECT. Telephone +1 800 969 INFO.
information industry — businesses that involve collecting and using information
intestinal fortitude — courage; resoluteness; endurance; guts: to have intestinal fortitude.
intravenous drug use — the injection of drugs intravenously
inventory adjustment — Inventory adjustments are increases or decreases made in inventory to account for theft, loss, breakages, and errors in the amount or number of items received.
iodochlorhydroxyquin — The drug clioquinol.
join-the-dots puzzle — a puzzle requiring you to connect a series of dots by drawing lines between them. If the dots are correctly connected, the result is a picture
judicial proceedings — any action involving or carried out by a court of law
labour-saving device — a machine, gadget, etc, that reduces (human) effort, hard work or labour
land-office business — a lively, booming, expanding, or very profitable business.
languedoc-roussillon — a region of S France, on the Gulf of Lions: consists of the departments of Lozère, Gard, Hérault, Aude, and Pyrénées-Orientales; mainly mountainous with a coastal plain
law-and-order issues — issues concerning law and social conventions
lieutenant commander — a commissioned officer ranking next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
longitude by account — the longitude of the position of a vessel as estimated by dead reckoning.
longitudinal framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
longitudinal section — the representation of an object as it would appear if cut by the vertical plane passing through the longest axis of the object.
macular degeneration — degeneration of the central portion of the retina, resulting in a loss of sharp vision.
microwave background — a background of microwave electromagnetic radiation with a black-body spectrum discovered in 1965, understood to be the thermal remnant of the big bang with which the universe began

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