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

  • 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
  • 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.
  • take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
  • teacher-pupil ratio — the number of teachers relative to the number of pupils in a particular school
  • 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 channel country — an area of E central Australia, in SW Queensland: crossed by intermittent rivers and subject to both flooding and long periods of drought
  • the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
  • the cultural cringe — subservience to overseas cultural standards
  • the genuine article — If you describe something as the genuine article, you are emphasizing that it is genuine, and often that it is very good.
  • the vatican council — the second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, also known as Vatican II, which sat from 1962 to 1965, and among other things allowed the liturgy to be said in the local language, not Latin
  • theatrical producer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of a theatrical production
  • theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
  • therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
  • three-martini lunch — an expensive lunch enjoyed by businessmen during the workday which is often accompanied by drinking
  • 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.
  • torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
  • 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.
  • trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.
  • tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
  • 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.
  • ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
  • 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
  • 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
  • valencian community — region comprising three provinces of E Spain: 8,998 sq mi (23,305 sq km); pop. 4,029,000; cap. Valencia
  • 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
  • vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
  • victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
  • vocational guidance — the process of assisting a student to choose, prepare for, and enter an occupation for which he or she shows aptitude.
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
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