19-letter words containing a, c, p, s
- a storm in a teacup — If you describe a situation as a storm in a teacup, you think that a lot of fuss is being made about something that is not important.
- abnormal psychology — the study of behaviour patterns that diverge widely from generally accepted norms, esp those of a pathological nature
- absolute complement — complement (def 8).
- absorption spectrum — the characteristic pattern of dark lines or bands that occurs when electromagnetic radiation is passed through an absorbing medium into a spectroscope. An equivalent pattern occurs as coloured lines or bands in the emission spectrum of that medium
- accessory apartment — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
- accounts department — the section of a company that deals with the accounts
- ace up one's sleeve — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- acknowledgment slip — a piece of paper that you sign as proof of having received a letter, parcel, payment, etc
- acoustic gramophone — a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn
- active server pages — (web, programming) (ASP) A scripting environment for Microsoft Internet Information Server in which you can combine HTML, scripts and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages. IIS 4.0 includes scripting engines for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) and Microsoft JScript. ActiveX scripting engines for Perl and REXX are available through third-party developers.
- ad-hoc polymorphism — overloading
- affective psychosis — a severe mental disorder characterized by extreme moods of either depression or mania
- agency spokesperson — a spokesperson for a government agency
- alcohol consumption — the drinking of alcohol
- alcoholic psychosis — any of a group of major mental disorders, as delirium tremens, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, and hallucinosis, associated with organic brain injury due to alcohol.
- alpha canis majoris — Sirius
- alpha canis minoris — Procyon
- analytic philosophy — a 20th-cent. philosophic movement characterized by its method of analyzing concepts and statements in the light of common experience and ordinary language so as to eliminate confusions of thought and resolve many traditional philosophical problems
- analytic psychology — the system of psychology developed by C. G. Jung as a variant of psychoanalysis
- antarctic peninsula — the largest peninsula of Antarctica, between the Weddell Sea and the Pacific: consists of Graham Land in the north and the Palmer Peninsula in the south
- anticompetitiveness — The quality of being anticompetitive.
- apollonius dyscolus — died a.d. c140, Greek grammarian.
- application testing — system testing
- applied linguistics — linguistic theory as applied to such fields as lexicography, psychology, the teaching of reading, the creation of orthographies, and especially language teaching.
- as sick as a parrot — If you say that you feel as sick as a parrot, you feel very disappointed about something.
- assistant principal — a person who assists a principal in their work
- associate professor — An associate professor is a college teacher who ranks above an assistant professor but below a professor.
- atmospheric braking — a technique of reentry in which the vehicle is maneuvered in the upper atmosphere so as to lose velocity by utilizing drag without overheating.
- autoerotic asphyxia — asphyxia caused by intentionally strangling oneself while masturbating in order to intensify the orgasm through reduced oxygen flow to the brain.
- balance of payments — A country's balance of payments is the difference, over a period of time, between the payments it makes to other countries for imports and the payments it receives from other countries for exports.
- ballistocardiograph — an instrument that records the slight recoil of the body, while on a special bed, caused by the contractions of the heart: used to measure cardiac pumping power and the elasticity of the aorta
- banker's acceptance — a draft or bill of exchange drawn on a bank and accepted by it
- barometric pressure — atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer
- be burnt to a crisp — If something is burnt to a crisp, it is completely burnt.
- bill of particulars — an itemized statement of claims or counterclaims provided to the opposing party of a lawsuit
- binocular disparity — the small differences in the positions of the parts of the images falling on each eye that results when each eye views the scene from a slightly different position; these differences make stereoscopic vision possible
- blackstrap molasses — the molasses remaining after the maximum quantity of sugar has been extracted from the raw material
- camouflage passport — a passport from a non-existent country intended to conceal the bearer's true nationality (from hijackers, kidnappers, etc)
- cannot help oneself — to be the victim of circumstances, a habit, etc.
- canterbury pilgrims — the pilgrims whose stories are told in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
- cape york peninsula — large peninsula in NE Australia, part of Queensland, between the Gulf of Carpentaria & the Coral Sea
- cape-disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- captain abstraction — The champion of the principles of abstraction and modularity, who protects unwary students on MIT's course 6.001 from the nefarious designs of Sergeant Spaghetticode and his vile concrete programming practices. See also spaghetti code.
- captain of industry — You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry.
- captains courageous — a novel (1897) by Rudyard Kipling.
- carbon steel piping — Carbon steel piping is pipes made of steel with carbon as the main alloying component, used for transporting fluids.
- cash in one's chips — to turn in one's chips for their equivalent in money
- cerebral hemisphere — either half of the cerebrum
- cerebrospinal fluid — the clear colourless fluid in the spaces inside and around the spinal cord and brain
- chamber of deputies — the lower house of the legislature of certain countries, as Italy.
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