17-letter words containing sur
- acupressure point — any of the specific points on the body where pressure is applied in acupressure
- butterfly closure — an adhesive bandage resembling the shape of a butterfly's outstretched wings, used for closing minor cuts.
- châlons-sur-marne — city in NE France, on the Marne River: scene of defeat ( a.d. 451) of Attila by the Romans: pop. 50,000
- chest measurement — the circumference of the trunk, measured around the middle of the chest
- counterinsurgency — action taken by a government to counter the activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc
- critical pressure — the pressure of a gas or the saturated vapour pressure of a substance in its critical state
- d&o insurance — D&O insurance is a personal liability insurance that provides cover to the directors and senior executives of a company.
- dynamic insurance — Dynamic insurance is a type of insurance coverage where the policyholder can choose to increase benefits and premiums by a fixed percentage each year to offset the effects of inflation.
- freight insurance — insurance paid on goods in transport
- general insurance — insurance (such as house insurance and car insurance) that does not insure someone's life
- geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
- indecent exposure — the intentional exposure of one's body's privates in a manner that gives offense against accepted or prescribed behavior.
- insurance carrier — company issuing an insurance policy
- insurance company — company that sells insurance policies
- insurance premium — payment on an insurance policy
- insurmountability — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
- key man insurance — Key man insurance is an insurance policy taken out by a small company on the life of a senior executive whose death would create a serious loss.
- key-man assurance — an assurance policy taken out, esp by a small company, on the life of a senior executive whose death would create a serious loss
- luggage insurance — insurance against the loss of luggage while travelling
- masculine caesura — a caesura occurring immediately after a stressed or a long syllable.
- medical insurance — a type of insurance intended to cover possible future medical expenses
- mensural notation — a system of musical notation of the 13th to the late 16th centuries, marked by the use of note symbols such as the longa and brevis, the absence of bar lines and ties, and the equivalence in value of one note to either two or three of the next smaller degree.
- motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
- multiline insurer — an insurance company that is engaged in more than two fields of insurance.
- multiple exposure — the filming of more than one scene in a single frame
- neuilly-sur-seine — a suburb of Paris, in N France: treaty of peace (1919) between the Allies and Bulgaria. 66,095.
- pluvius insurance — insurance against rain
- post-resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- poulter's measure — a metrical pattern using couplets having the first line in iambic hexameter, or 12 syllables, and the second in iambic heptameter, or 14 syllables.
- pressure altitude — the altitude for a given pressure in a standard atmosphere, such as that registered by a pressure altimeter.
- pressure drawdown — Pressure drawdown is the difference between the reservoir pressure and the flowing wellbore pressure, which drives fluids from the reservoir into the wellbore.
- pressure gradient — the change of pressure per unit distance
- pressurized cabin — the cabin of an aircraft in which the air has been pressurized
- project assurance — The process of specifying the support system: techniques, internal standards, measurements, tools, and training for a project; counselling the project team in the application of these elements and monitoring the adherence to the standards.
- quality assurance — a system for ensuring a desired level of quality in the development, production, or delivery of products and services: Quality assurance for nursing homes begins with a set of standards. Abbreviation: QA.
- quantity surveyor — A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the cost and amount of materials and workers needed for a job such as building a house or a road.
- resurrection fern — a drought-resistant, evergreen, epiphytic fern, Polypodium polypodioides, of subtropical to tropical America, appearing to be a ball of coiled, dead leaves in the dry season but reviving with moisture.
- slowly but surely — If you say that something is happening slowly but surely, you mean that it is happening gradually but it is definitely happening.
- structural survey — an examination of a property carried out by surveyor which should reveal any problems with the building
- surface condenser — a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface.
- surface structure — a structural representation of the final syntactic form of a sentence, as it exists after the transformational component has modified a deep structure. Compare deep structure.
- surface treatment — A surface treatment is a process applied to the surface of a material to make it better in some way, for example by making it more resistant to corrosion or wear.
- surgical dressing — a dressing made of cotton, used for incisions made during surgery
- surprise symphony — the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn.
- surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
- survival instinct — the instinct in humans and animals to do things in a dangerous situation that will prevent them from dying
- survivor syndrome — a characteristic group of symptoms, including recurrent images of death, depression, persistent anxiety, and emotional numbness, occurring in survivors of disaster.
- vehicle insurance — Vehicle insurance is insurance purchased for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other road vehicles.
- waist measurement — a measure of the circumference of the narrowest part of a person's waist
- walleye surfperch — a common black and silvery surfperch (Hyperprosopon argenteum) found off the coast of California
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