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17-letter words containing u, n, e, s, c

  • subsistence level — low standard of living
  • suction lipectomy — the removal of fatty tissue by making a small incision in the skin, loosening the fat layer, and withdrawing it by suction.
  • sufficient reason — the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
  • sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
  • sum and substance — main idea, gist, or point: the sum and substance of an argument.
  • sunday observance — the fact of keeping Sunday as a special day when people go to church
  • superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • supreme commander — the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.
  • surface condenser — a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface.
  • surface treatment — A surface treatment is a process applied to the surface of a material to make it better in some way, for example by making it more resistant to corrosion or wear.
  • surgical dressing — a dressing made of cotton, used for incisions made during surgery
  • symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
  • synchronous speed — the speed at which an alternating-current machine must operate to generate electromotive force at a given frequency.
  • take into custody — to arrest
  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • tertiary consumer — a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
  • thread escutcheon — a raised metal rim around a keyhole.
  • three-ring circus — a circus having three adjacent rings in which performances take place simultaneously.
  • to risk your neck — If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.
  • to run its course — If something runs its course or takes its course, it develops naturally and comes to a natural end.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • transfer function — The transfer function of a circuit is the ratio of the response to the input.
  • triboluminescence — luminescence produced by friction, usually within a crystalline substance.
  • ts'ao hsueh-ch'in — (Ts'ao Chan) c1717–63, Chinese novelist: author of The Dream of the Red Chamber.
  • tuberculin-tested — (of milk) produced by cows that have been certified as free of tuberculosis
  • turn of the screw — a short novel (1898) by Henry James.
  • turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
  • ultraconservative — extremely conservative, especially in politics.
  • uncircumscribable — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
  • unclassified road — a road that has not been given a grade because it is of a basic standard
  • uncle tom's cabin — an antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • unconscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
  • unconventionalist — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
  • uncooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
  • unprecedentedness — without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unreconstructible — not capable of being reconstructed.
  • unselfconsciously — in an unselfconscious manner
  • unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
  • used-car salesman — a person who sells used cars
  • vascular cylinder — stele (sense 3)
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