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19-letter words containing a, c, u, l, e, s

  • sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
  • sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
  • sissinghurst castle — a restored Elizabethan mansion near Cranbrook in Kent: noted for the gardens laid out in the 1930s by Victoria Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson
  • slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
  • slugging percentage — a number expressing a player's average effectiveness in making extra-base hits, calculated by dividing the total number of bases (from all singles, doubles, triples, and home runs) by the number of official at bats
  • slum clearance area — an area that has been designated for, or been subject to, the rehousing of its inhabitants and subsequent demolition and rebuilding
  • social security act — a law passed in 1935 providing old-age retirement insurance, a federal-state program of unemployment compensation, and federal grants for state welfare programs.
  • sodium metasilicate — a white, granular sodium silicate, Na 2 SiO 3 , soluble in water: used in detergents and in bleaching and cleaning products.
  • southern crab apple — a tree, Malus angustifolia, of the eastern U.S., having oblong leaves, fragrant, pink or rose-colored flowers, and small, round, yellow-green fruit.
  • specialized subject — a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge
  • specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
  • speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
  • structural engineer — A structural engineer is an engineer who works on large structures such as roads, bridges, and large buildings.
  • subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
  • subnuclear particle — any of the elementary particles, including those that do not exist in stable matter but appear as a result of high-energy collisions of other particles or nuclei.
  • supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
  • surplus reinsurance — Surplus reinsurance is reinsurance of amounts over a specified amount of insurance.
  • take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
  • technical institute — a higher-education institution
  • telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
  • term life insurance — life insurance for which premiums are paid over a limited time and that covers a specific term, the face value payable only if death occurs within that term.
  • the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
  • theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
  • to stick out a mile — If you say that something or someone sticks out a mile or stands out a mile, you are emphasizing that they are very obvious and easy to recognize.
  • touch all the bases — to deal with all related details
  • traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
  • transuranic element — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
  • tricalcium silicate — a component of cement, Ca 3 SiO 5 , also used in food to prevent caking.
  • tubular steel chair — a chair with a frame made of tubular steel
  • tussock caterpillar — the larva of a tussock moth.
  • ultracrepidarianism — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
  • ultrasonic cleaning — the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid. The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items
  • unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
  • universal recipient — a person with blood type AB, able to receive blood from a person of any blood type but able to donate blood only to a person with the same blood type
  • unnatural practices — acts which are deemed to be contrary to expected standards of human behaviour
  • upset the applecart — a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.
  • vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
  • vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
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