23-letter words containing u, r, l, e, d

juan rodriguez cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
l'apres-midi d'un faune — L'Après-midi d'un Faune.
lead up the garden path — a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
lieutenant junior grade — a commissioned officer ranking above an ensign and below a lieutenant.
light and shade surface — (in architectural shades and shadows) a surface in a plane tangent to the parallel rays from the theoretical light source, treated as a shade surface.
liquefied petroleum gas — a mixture of various petroleum gases, esp propane and butane, stored as a liquid under pressure and used as an engine fuel
lossy audio compression — (audio, compression) Any audio compression algorithm which does not retain every bit of data but only reproduces a signal that sounds more or less like the original. Examples are MP1, MP2, MP3, AAC.
mediterranean fruit fly — a small, black and white, irregularly banded two-winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other succulent fruit crops by implanting eggs that hatch into maggots within the fruit.
mild mercurous chloride — calomel.
murder in the cathedral — a verse drama (1935) by T. S. Eliot.
new product development — the process of developing new products for the market
nondisclosure agreement — a legal contract in which one or more parties agree to keep information, as a trade secret, confidential and protected for a specific amount of time. Abbreviation: NDA.
ordinary life insurance — life insurance with premiums paid throughout the lifetime of the insured.
parasexual reproduction — reproduction by recombination of genes from genetically dissimilar nuclei within binucleate or multinucleate cells, as in filamentous fungi.
peroxymonosulfuric acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
photoelectric magnitude — the magnitude of a star determined using a photometer plus a filter to select light or other radiation of the desired wavelength
professional misconduct — a violation of the rules or boundaries set by the governing body of a profession
program design language — Any of a large class of formal and profoundly useless pseudo-languages in which management forces one to design programs. Too often, management expects PDL descriptions to be maintained in parallel with the code, imposing massive overhead of little or no benefit. See also flow chart.
quantum electrodynamics — the quantum field theory that deals with the electromagnetic field and its interaction with electrons and positrons. Abbreviation: QED.
queen charlotte islands — a group of about 150 islands off the W coast of Canada: part of British Columbia. Pop: about 6000 (latest est). Area: 9596 sq km (3705 sq miles)
rectangular coordinates — Usually, rectangular coordinates. either of two Cartesian coordinates in which the axes meet at right angles.
refuse disposal service — a place or facility where rubbish and waste can be disposed
residual current device — a circuit-breaking device installed in electrical equipment to protect the operator from electrocution
residual debt insurance — Residual debt insurance is a type of risk insurance that banks often require when granting a loan, which is used to guarantee that the loan is repaid in the event of death or disability.
right circular cylinder — a cylinder generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides.
sidewalk superintendent — a bystander who watches the building, demolition, repair, or other work being done at a construction site.
social education centre — a daycentre, run by a local authority, for people with learning disabilities and sometimes also for people who have physical disabilities or are mentally ill
sodium tripolyphosphate — a white powder, Na 5 P 3 O 1 0 , used as a water softener, sequestering agent, and food additive.
st. pierre and miquelon — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
steal someone's thunder — to strike, drive, inflict, give forth, etc., with loud noise or violent action.
swine vesicular disease — a viral disease of swine characterized by vesicular lesions on the feet, legs, snout, and tongue
throw down the gauntlet — a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
to have your hands full — If you have your hands full with something, you are very busy because of it.
transcendental argument — an argument designed to make explicit the conditions under which a certain kind of knowledge is possible, esp those of Kant
transcendental equation — an equation that involves transcendental functions.
transcendental function — a function that is not an algebraic function.
trellis code modulation — (TCM) A modulation technique with hardware error detection and correction.
turn a cold shoulder to — to treat with disdain; snub
ulster defence regiment — a former reserve regiment of the British Army based in Northern Ireland
unconditional discharge — the release of a defendant without having to spend time on parole or probation
uniform commercial code — a codification of commercial laws designed to provide uniformity among the states
united states of brazil — former official name of Brazil.
urea-formaldehyde resin — any of a group of resins formed by the interaction of urea and formaldehyde under conditions that include heat and pH control: used chiefly in the manufacture of buttons, baking enamels, and for making fabrics wrinkle-resistant.
van der waals' equation — an equation of state relating the pressure, volume, and absolute temperature of a gas, taking into account the finite size of the molecules and the attractive force between them.
ventricular tachycardia — a cardiac arrhythmia in which the muscles of the ventricles contract irregularly in a rapid, uncoordinated manner, impairing the normal pumping of blood.
virtual device location — (Or "Virtual Address") The address of a device (e.g. disk, printer, terminal) belonging to a "guest" operating system. Such an address is mapped to a physical device. VM may remap several virtual disks to different parts of a single physical disk.
virtual loadable module — (networking) (VLM) Novell's term for software modules that can be dynamically loaded to extend the functionality of the "VLM" NetWare Requester for MS-DOS that became standard beginning with Novell NetWare 4.
visual display terminal — video display terminal. Abbreviation: VDT.
volumetric displacement — the volume of air per revolution that passes through a mechanical pump when the pressure at the intake and the exhaust is the same as that of the atmosphere

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