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16-letter words containing u, s, r, d

  • summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
  • sun in splendour — a representation of the sun with rays and a human face
  • sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
  • sunrise industry — any of the high-technology industries, such as electronics, that hold promise of future development
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • suprarenal gland — adrenal gland.
  • surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
  • sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
  • synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • synchronous idle — (character)   (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
  • the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
  • the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
  • thought disorder — disorganized speech, as flight of ideas or loosening of associations, thought to reflect disorganized thinking and occurring as a symptom of some types of mental illness, as manic disorder or schizophrenia.
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
  • to dip your toes — If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
  • tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
  • tongue depressor — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
  • torsion pendulum — a pendulum the weight of which is rotated alternately in opposite directions through a horizontal plane by the torsion of the suspending rod or spring: used for clocks intended to run a long time between windings.
  • touring bindings — specialised ski bindings with releasable locked down heels that can be used for ski touring and backcountry skiing
  • tourist industry — the people, activities, and organizations involved in providing services for people on holiday, for example hotels, restaurants, and tour guides
  • transconductance — the ratio of a small change in anode current of an electron tube at a certain level of output to the corresponding small change of control-electrode voltage, usually expressed in mhos or micromhos.
  • transfer student — a student who moves from one institution or course to another at the same level (e.g. undergraduate)
  • tristan da cunha — a group of four volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, belonging to St. Helena. 40 sq. mi. (104 sq. km).
  • true-heartedness — the quality of being true-hearted
  • tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
  • turn upside down — invert
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
  • under discussion — If something is under discussion, it is still being talked about and a final decision has not yet been reached.
  • under one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
  • under one's nose — directly in front of one
  • under one's wing — in one's care or tutelage
  • under sb's spell — If you are under someone 's spell, you are so fascinated by them that you cannot think about anything else.
  • under sb's thumb — If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
  • undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
  • underrepresented — to give inadequate representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately low.
  • undersecretariat — a department or section of a ministry of which an under secretary is in charge.
  • undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • unfair dismissal — wrongful firing from a job
  • united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • unrealized gains — Unrealized gains are gains from the increase in value of an asset that you still own.
  • unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
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