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19-letter words containing u, n, i, o, c, l

  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • triple counterpoint — invertible counterpoint involving three transposable voices.
  • trooping the colour — a military ceremony, performed by regiments of the British army and the Commonwealth, in which the regimental colour or flag is marched past ranks of troops
  • trusteeship council — a United Nations body that supervises the government of a territory by a foreign country
  • ultrasonic cleaning — the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid. The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items
  • unconstitutionality — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
  • under police escort — If you go somewhere or are taken somewhere under police escort, you go there accompanied by a police escort.
  • vacuum distillation — a process of distillation employing a vacuum that by lowering the pressure on a liquid allows volatilization at a lower temperature than normal.
  • vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
  • valencian community — region comprising three provinces of E Spain: 8,998 sq mi (23,305 sq km); pop. 4,029,000; cap. Valencia
  • velocity modulation — the modulation in velocity of a beam of electrons or ions caused by passing the beam through a high-frequency electric field, as in a cavity resonator
  • victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • vinculum matrimonii — the bond of matrimony.
  • vocational guidance — the process of assisting a student to choose, prepare for, and enter an occupation for which he or she shows aptitude.
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
  • wide-angle glaucoma — open-angle glaucoma. See under glaucoma.
  • with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
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