18-letter words containing u, n, l, o, a, d

head and shoulders — If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them.
hebdomadal council — the governing council or senate of Oxford University
hold up one's head — to be unashamed
hydrofluorocarbons — Plural form of hydrofluorocarbon.
indolebutyric acid — a white or yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 12 H 13 O 2 N, a plant hormone similar to indoleacetic acid and used for the same purposes.
inductive relation — A relation R between domains D and E is inductive if for all chains d1 .. dn in D and e1 .. en in E,
indus civilization — an ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River valley, from about 2500 to 1500 b.c.: extensive archaeological excavations at the main sites of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in Pakistan.
industrial diamond — a small often synthetic diamond, valueless as a gemstone, used in cutting tools, abrasives, etc
informatory double — a double intended to inform one's partner that one has a strong hand and to urge a bid regardless of the strength of his or her hand.
jerusalem syndrome — a delusive condition affecting some visitors to Jerusalem in which the sufferer identifies with a major figure from his or her religious background
juan ponce de leon — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1460–1521, Spanish explorer.
lay down your arms — If soldiers lay down their arms, they stop fighting and give up their weapons.
malicious wounding — the intentional violent wounding or injuring of someone
modelling language — (language) Possibly a kind of programming language designed for describing models and their behaviour. See also data modelling, object relational model, simulation, UML, VRML.
molecular medicine — the study of disease or injury at the molecular or cellular level.
mordovian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
mozilla foundation — (body, web, open source) The body set up by Netscape in January 1998 to coordinate development of the Mozilla browser and to provide a point of contact.
national guardsman — guardsman (def 2).
neurodevelopmental — Of or pertaining to the development of neurological pathways in the brain.
non-contextualized — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
nueva san salvador — Santa Tecla.
oedipus at colonus — a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.
on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
optical soundtrack — the final soundtrack on a motion picture, which appears as a band of black and white serrations along a strip of film to the left of the composite print. Light is shined through the serrations and is converted to audible sound.
oxalosuccinic acid — an organic acid, C 6 H 6 O 7 , that is an intermediate formed by the dehydrogenation of isocitric acid in fat and carbohydrate metabolism.
parallel reduction — A form of applicative order reduction in which all redexes in an expression are reduced simultaneously. Variants include parallel outermost reduction and lenient reduction. See normal order reduction.
passing modulation — a modulation of a temporary nature.
personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
physical education — systematic instruction in sports, exercises, and hygiene given as part of a school or college program.
play cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
population density — ratio: inhabitants to area
population pyramid — a graph showing the distribution of a population by sex, age, etc.
pour cold water on — If someone pours cold water on a plan or idea, they criticize it so much that people lose their enthusiasm for it.
protocol data unit — (PDU) A packet of data passed across a network. The term implies a specific layer of the OSI seven layer model and a specific protocol.
pseudointellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
pull one's head in — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
put a bold face on — to seem bold or confident about
quartz-iodine lamp — a type of tungsten-halogen lamp containing small amounts of iodine and having a quartz envelope, operating at high temperature and producing an intense light for use in car headlamps, etc
regular hexahedron — a solid cube with six square faces
sao caetano do sul — a city in SE Brazil, SE of São Paulo.
saturated solution — A saturated solution is a solution in which there is so much solute that if there was any more, it would not dissolve.
small outline dimm — (storage) (SO-DIMM) A smaller kind of DIMM with 72 pins (supporting 32-bit transfers) or 144 pins (64-bit transfers). Regular DIMMs have 168 pins and support 64-bit transfers. Being roughly half the size of the regular DIMM, SO-DIMMs are often used in notebook computers.
solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
southampton island — an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories at the entrance to Hudson Bay. 19,100 sq. mi. (49,470 sq. km).
spackling compound — spackle
standoff insulator — a type of insulator that supports an electrical conductor at a distance from other elements or surfaces.

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