16-letter words containing uc
- pilot production — sth produced on a trial basis
- primary producer — any green plant or any of various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter.
- production costs — the costs used in manufacturing a product
- pyroconductivity — conductivity brought about by the application of heat, especially in solids that are not conductors at normal temperatures.
- rancho cucamonga — a city in SE California.
- real-time euclid — Real-time language, restriction to time-bounded constructs. ["Real-Time Euclid: A Language for Reliable Real-Time Systems", E. Kligerman et al, IEEE Trans Software Eng SE-12(9):941-1986-09-949].
- report structure — A report structure is a structure containing a reporting clause and a reported clause or a quote.
- ribonucleic acid — RNA.
- ring-necked duck — a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.
- river carpsucker — a carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio, found in silty rivers of the central U.S. south to Mexico.
- sauce americaine — a sauce prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs. See also à l’américaine.
- sb will be lucky — If you say that someone will be lucky to do or get something, you mean that they are very unlikely to do or get it, and will definitely not do or get any more than that.
- seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
- self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
- self-destructive — harmful, injurious, or destructive to oneself: His constant arguing with the boss shows he's a self-destructive person.
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- social structure — structure (def 9).
- st. lucie cherry — mahaleb.
- stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
- structural steel — the variety of steel shapes rolled for use in construction.
- succession state — any of a number of usually new states that are established in or expand over the territory formerly ruled by one large state
- the common touch — If you say that someone has the common touch, you mean that they have the natural ability to have a good relationship with ordinary people and be popular with them.
- the cuckoo's egg — A great book (and subsequent BBC TV series) telling the true story of Clifford Stoll, an astronomy professor at UCB's Lawrence Berkeley Lab. A 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorised user (a cracker) on his system. The cracker, code named "Hunter", was breaking into US computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Hunter was part of a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine, and reporting to the KGB.
- to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
- to try your luck — If someone tries their luck at something, they try to succeed at it, often when it is very difficult or there is little chance of success.
- touch of the sun — slight sunstroke
- trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
- 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.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- verruca vulgaris — the common wart.
- voice production — the use of the voice in order to create particular effects
- well-constructed — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.