18-letter words containing ur
- accident insurance — insurance providing compensation for accidental injury or death
- acquired behaviour — the behaviour of an organism resulting from the effects of the environment
- acupuncture needle — a very fine needle with a rounded tip, used in acupuncture
- adjournment debate — (in the UK) a short debate, held immediately before the end of each day's business in the House of Commons, in which backbench MPs raise matters relating to their constituencies
- agricultural agent — county agent.
- ahead of the curve — People, products or ideas that are ahead of the curve are more advanced or modern than others of their kind.
- ahead of your time — If someone is ahead of their time or before their time, they have new ideas a long time before other people start to think in the same way.
- ammonium purpurate — murexide.
- aperture synthesis — an array of radio telescopes used in radio astronomy to simulate a single large-aperture telescope. Some such instruments use movable dishes while others use fixed dishes
- aspherical surface — a lens or mirror surface that does not form part of a sphere and is used to reduce aberrations
- at your fingertips — If you say that something is at your fingertips, you approve of the fact that you can reach it easily or that it is easily available to you.
- attendance figures — the number of people present at events such as football matches or concerts
- automatic exposure — the automatic adjustment of the lens aperture and shutter speed of a camera by a control mechanism
- aviation insurance — Aviation insurance is insurance cover for aircraft, and for damage, injury, or loss of life or cargo while traveling on aircraft.
- battle of omdurman — a battle (1898) in which the Mahdi's successor and his Ansar followers were defeated by Lord Kitchener's British forces
- be sure of oneself — If you are sure of yourself, you are very confident about your own abilities or opinions.
- behaviour patterns — the characteristic ways in which a person or animal acts
- best-ball foursome — a match, scored by holes, between two pairs of players, in which the score of the lower scoring member of each pair is taken as their score for the hole.
- born to the purple — being of royal or high birth
- boulogne-sur-seine — an industrial suburb of SW Paris. Pop: 106 367 (1999)
- bourdon-tube gauge — an instrument for measuring the pressure of gases or liquids, consisting of a semicircular or coiled, flexible metal tube attached to a gauge that records the degree to which the tube is straightened by the pressure of the gas or liquid inside.
- breach of security — an act that violates a country, area, or building's security measures
- break your silence — If someone breaks their silence about something, they talk about something that they have not talked about before or for a long time.
- burkitt's lymphoma — a cancer characterized by tumors containing lymphoid cells, occurring esp. in children, in the jaw, eyes, and internal organs: it is associated with the Epstein-Barr virus
- burn one's bridges — If you burn your bridges, you do something which forces you to continue with a particular course of action, and makes it impossible for you to return to an earlier situation or relationship.
- burn one's fingers — to suffer from having meddled or been rash
- burrell collection — a gallery in Glasgow, noted for its collection of paintings, textiles, furniture, ceramics, etc
- bursa of fabricius — a lymphoid gland of the cloaca in birds, believed to function in disease resistance, and closing or disappearing as the bird ages.
- burst at the seams — to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence: The bitter cold caused the pipes to burst.
- california current — a cold current originating in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, flowing SE along the coast of W North America.
- campaign furniture — furniture, as chests or desks, having metal hinges on the corners and handles on the sides.
- casualty insurance — insurance providing coverage against accident and property damages, as automobile, theft, liability, and explosion insurance, but not including life insurance, fire insurance, or marine insurance.
- centre of pressure — the point in a body at which the resultant pressure acts when the body is immersed in a fluid
- charismatic church — a church that emphasizes communal prayer and the charismatic gifts of speaking in tongues, healing, etc
- chartered surveyor — (in Britain) a surveyor who is registered with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as having the qualifications, training, and experience to satisfy their professional requirements
- chocolate-coloured — dark brown
- church of scotland — the established church in Scotland, Calvinist in doctrine and Presbyterian in constitution
- citizen journalism — the involvement of non-professionals in reporting news, esp in blogs and other websites
- closure conversion — (theory) The transformation of continuation passing style code so that the only free variables of functions are names of other functions. See also Lambda lifting.
- colour commentator — a sports celebrity who works as part of a commentary team
- colour photography — the art or process of taking and developing photographs in colour
- colour temperature — the temperature of a black-body radiator at which it would emit radiation of the same chromaticity as the light under consideration
- combustion furnace — a furnace used in the laboratory to carry out elemental analysis of organic compounds
- complexity measure — (algorithm) A quantity describing the complexity of a computation.
- concurring opinion — an opinion issued by one or more judges which agrees with the decision reached by the majority of the court, but offers additional or different reasons for reaching that decision
- configuration item — (jargon) Hardware or software, or an aggregate of both, which is designated by the project configuration manager (or contracting agency) for configuration management.
- contents insurance — the insurance for the personal property in a household
- contract furniture — furniture designed and manufactured for commercial installation, as in offices, waiting rooms, or lobbies.
- counterculturalism — The counterculture movement or lifestyle.
- counterculturalist — the culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society.
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