19-letter words containing u, n, e, d

religious education — religion as school subject
republic of ireland — John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
residence insurance — Residence insurance is insurance coverage against damage to a building in which you live.
resplendent quetzal — See under quetzal (def 1).
restricted currency — a non-convertible currency
reticuloendothelial — pertaining to, resembling, or involving cells of the reticuloendothelial system.
revenue expenditure — the amount of money spent by a business or organisation on general operating costs such as rent, insurance, heating, maintenance etc
right-eyed flounder — any of several flatfishes of the family Pleuronectidae, having both eyes on the right side of the head.
run into the ground — to do too long or too often; overdo
run-length encoding — A kind of compression algorithm which replaces sequences ("runs") of consecutive repeated characters (or other units of data) with a single character and the length of the run. This can either be applied to all input characters, including runs of length one, or a special character can be used to introduce a run-length encoded group. The longer and more frequent the runs are, the greater the compression that will be achieved. This technique is particularly useful for encoding black and white images where the data units would be single bit pixels.
saint vitus's dance — chorea (def 2).
samuel de champlain — Samuel de [sam-yoo-uh l duh;; French sa-my-el duh] /ˈsæm yu əl də;; French sa müˈɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.
san juan de la cruz — San Juan de la [sahn hwahn de lah] /sɑn ʰwɑn dɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
sao paulo de luanda — Luanda.
scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
screen actors guild — a labor union for motion-picture performers, founded in 1933. Abbreviation: SAG.
seasonal adjustment — an adjustment that removes the seasonal component of statistics
secondary education — education at high-school level
secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
secondary structure — the arrangement of a polypeptide into a regular alpha helix, beta structure, or random coil configuration by the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds along the length of the chain.
semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
sidereal hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the hour circle passing through the vernal equinox and the hour circle of a celestial body.
slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
sound effects woman — a woman who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
spider-hunting wasp — any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae
sql module language — A language used to interface other languages (Ada, C, COBOL) to SQL-based DBMSes. It is an ANSI standard. Version: Ada/SAME by Informix.
staff-student ratio — the ratio of teachers to pupils or students in a school, college, or university
stanford university — (education) A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
strangulated hernia — a hernia, especially of the intestine, that swells and constricts the blood supply of the herniated part, resulting in obstruction and gangrene.
stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments.
strontium hydroxide — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, Sr(OH) 2 , or its crystalline octahydrate (strontium hydrate) used chiefly in the refining of beet sugar.
sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
sun-and-planet gear — a planetary epicyclic gear train.
superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
suspended animation — a state of temporary cessation of the vital functions.
tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
the millennium dome — a dome-shaped structure in Greenwich, London, built to house an exhibition to celebrate the millennium in 2000
the underprivileged — those who are underprivileged
the varangian guard — the bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor in the late 10th and 11th centuries, consisting of Varangians
to break new ground — If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
to do the drying-up — to dry dishes, cups, glasses, etc after they have been washed
to hold your tongue — If you hold your tongue, you do not say anything even though you might want to or be expected to, because it is the wrong time to say it.
to keep your end up — If you have to keep your end up, or to keep up your end of something, you have to do something as well as other people, or as well as you are expected to do it.
to plumb new depths — If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.

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