19-letter words containing a, b, l, e, d
- republic of ireland — John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- saddle-billed stork — a large stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, of West Africa, having a white and black body and a long, red and black bill.
- sale and lease back — leaseback.
- simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
- specialized subject — a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge
- subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
- switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
- tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
- the admiralty board — (formerly) a department of the British Ministry of Defence, responsible for the administration and planning of the Royal Navy
- the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
- to be headline news — to attract a lot of attention from newspapers
- to hold your breath — If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water.
- to turn a blind eye — If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.
- trickle bed reactor — A trickle bed reactor is a reactor in which gravity makes a gas and a liquid flow through a bed of catalyst.
- turn a blind eye to — to pretend not to notice or ignore deliberately
- unlimited liability — liability that is not restricted to any unpaid portion of nominal capital invested in a business
- very large database — (database) (VLDB) A database that can use a Very Large Memory model to keep as much data as possible in physical memory. (Oracle http://oracle.com/platforms/dec/collateral/vlmwp_3.html).
- wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
- wild bleeding-heart — a plant, Dicentra eximia, of the fumitory family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having elongated clusters of drooping, heart-shaped rose-colored or pink flowers.
- zebra-tailed lizard — a lizard, Callisaurus draconoides, inhabiting sandy deserts of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., having a long tail marked with black bands.