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19-letter words containing u, n, f, i, r, e

  • significant figures — the figures of a number that express a magnitude to a specified degree of accuracy, rounding up or down the final figure
  • solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
  • specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
  • sphere of influence — any area in which one nation wields dominant power over another or others.
  • 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.
  • store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
  • subsistence farming — farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.
  • succession of crops — the continuous cultivation of a crop throughout a season by successive plantings or by the use of varieties with different rates of growth.
  • superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
  • superhigh frequency — any frequency between 3000 and 30,000 megahertz. Abbreviation: SHF.
  • term life insurance — life insurance for which premiums are paid over a limited time and that covers a specific term, the face value payable only if death occurs within that term.
  • theory of equations — the branch of mathematics dealing with methods of finding the solutions to algebraic equations.
  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.
  • ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
  • unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
  • under the influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • unit of measurement — physical quantity
  • unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
  • upper carboniferous — Pennsylvanian (defs 2, 4).
  • venus of willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
  • very high frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 megahertz. Abbreviation: VHF.
  • xenon tetrafluoride — a colorless, crystalline compound, XeF 4 , prepared by heating a gaseous mixture of fluorine and xenon.
  • yellowtail flounder — a righteyed flounder, Limanda ferruginea, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, having a yellowish tail fin and rusty-red spots on the body: once commercially important, now greatly reduced in number.
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