19-letter words containing a, c, n, o, d, e
- secondary infection — an infection resulting from another infection
- secondary intention — See under intention (def 5b).
- secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
- secondary processes — the conscious mental activity and logical thinking controlled by the ego and influenced by environmental demands.
- secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
- secondary structure — the arrangement of a polypeptide into a regular alpha helix, beta structure, or random coil configuration by the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds along the length of the chain.
- secondary-intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
- self identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
- self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
- self-identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
- semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- senatorial district — one of a fixed number of districts into which a state of the U.S. is divided, each electing one member to the state senate.
- seventh commandment — “Thou shalt not commit adultery”: seventh of the Ten Commandments.
- sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
- single edge contact — (hardware) (SEC) The type of cartridge in which a Pentium II is packaged.
- slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
- smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
- socialized medicine — any of various systems to provide the entire population with complete medical care through government subsidization and regularization of medical and health services.
- sound effects woman — a woman who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
- stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
- sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
- take one's medicine — any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
- the whole enchilada — all of it; everything; the entirety of something
- throw cold water on — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
- trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
- tropical depression — an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less.
- under consideration — being deliberated
- velocity modulation — the modulation in velocity of a beam of electrons or ions caused by passing the beam through a high-frequency electric field, as in a cavity resonator
- vocational guidance — the process of assisting a student to choose, prepare for, and enter an occupation for which he or she shows aptitude.
- war of independence — American Revolution.
- websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
- wide-angle glaucoma — open-angle glaucoma. See under glaucoma.
- yellow-dog contract — a contract between a worker and an employer in which, as a condition of employment, the worker agrees not to remain in or join a union.
- zero and add packed — (language) (ZAP) An IBM 360/370 assembly language instruction used when performing packed arithmatic to initialise an accumulator.