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17-letter words containing c, o, u, p, n

  • contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
  • corpus cavernosum — either of two masses of erectile tissue in the penis of mammals
  • corpus spongiosum — a mass of tissue that, with the corpora cavernosa, forms the erectile tissue of the penis of mammals
  • cost-plus pricing — the setting of prices at the cost price plus a percentage
  • council of europe — an association of European states, established in 1949 to promote unity between its members, defend human rights, and increase social and economic progress
  • counter-complaint — an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding: his complaint about poor schools.
  • counter-espionage — Counter-espionage is the same as counter-intelligence.
  • counterparty risk — the risk that a person who is a party to a contract will default on their obligations under that contract
  • counterproductive — Something that is counterproductive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
  • counterpropaganda — propaganda to offset or nullify unfriendly or enemy propaganda.
  • crampon technique — a climbing style that uses crampons
  • creeping eruption — a skin eruption with intense itching, caused by the burrowing of various larvae under the skin
  • cut a person dead — to ignore a person completely
  • d&o insurance — D&O insurance is a personal liability insurance that provides cover to the directors and senior executives of a company.
  • disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
  • emission spectrum — the continuous spectrum or pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed into a spectrometer. The spectrum is characteristic of the emitting substance and the type of excitation to which it is subjected
  • employee discount — When the employees of a store or other retail business are entitled to an employee discount, they do not have to pay the full price for goods they buy in the store.
  • equinoctial point — either of the two points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
  • explicit function — a function whose values may be computed directly, as y = x2 + 1
  • fictitious person — a legal entity or artificial person, as a corporation.
  • fluorescent strip — a fluorescent light in the form of a long strip
  • foot-pound-second — of or relating to the system of units in which the foot, pound, and second are the principal units of length, mass, and time. Abbreviation: fps, f.p.s.
  • foucault pendulum — a pendulum that demonstrates the rotation of the earth by exhibiting an apparent change in its plane of oscillation.
  • frequency polygon — a frequency curve consisting of connected line segments formed by joining the midpoints of the upper edges of the rectangles in a histogram whose class intervals are of uniform length.
  • function complete — (programming)   State of a software component or system such that each function described by the software's functional specification can be reached by at least one functional path, and attempts to operate as specified.
  • get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • gunboat diplomacy — diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force, especially by a powerful nation against a weaker one.
  • gupta corporation — (company)   The vendor of SQLWindows. Gupta Corporation provides application development and deployment software for client-server applications, consisting of a relational database, application development tools and transparent connectivity software. Gupta employs 400 people in 15 offices worldwide, including the United States, Europe and Asia. Gupta's 1993 fiscal year income was $5.6 million and their revenue was $56.1 million. Gupta sells client-server system components for networks of personal computers. Address: 1060 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Telephone: +1 (415) 321 9500. Fax: +1 (415) 321 5471.
  • housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
  • immunocompromised — having an impaired or compromised immune response; immunodeficient.
  • immunotherapeutic — (immunology, medicine) Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
  • implicit function — See at implicit (def 4).
  • inclusion complex — a solid solution in which molecules of one compound occupy places in the crystal lattice of another compound. Compare adduct (def 2).
  • inconspicuousness — The condition of being inconspicuous.
  • incubation period — the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.
  • indecent exposure — the intentional exposure of one's body's privates in a manner that gives offense against accepted or prescribed behavior.
  • insurance company — company that sells insurance policies
  • jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
  • jus primae noctis — droit du seigneur.
  • keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
  • mercury poisoning — illness caused by exposure to mercury
  • microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
  • micromanipulation — the technique of performing mechanical operations under high magnification through the use of specialized tools.
  • micromanipulators — Plural form of micromanipulator.
  • microreproduction — a photographic image too small to be read by the unaided eye.
  • mount kirkpatrick — a mountain in Antarctica, in S Victoria Land in the Queen Alexandra Range. Height: 4528 m (14 856 ft)
  • mounted policeman — policemen who patrol on horseback
  • multiple cropping — the use of the same field for two or more crops, whether of the same or of different kinds, successively during a single year.
  • neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
  • neuropharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
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