19-letter words containing a, d, i, n, s

future date testing — (testing) The process of setting a computer's date to a future date to test a program's (expected or unexpected) date sensitivity. Future date testing only shows the effects of dates on the computer(s) under scrutiny, it does not take into account knock-on effects of dates on other connected systems.
gender reassignment — the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person's physical sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex: Born male, she now lives as a woman but has no plans for a sex change.
gigabits per second — (unit) (Gbps) A unit of information transfer rate equal to one billion bits per second. Note that, while a gigabit is defined as a power of two (2^30 bits), a gigabit per second is defined as a power of ten (10^9 bits per second, which is slightly less) than 2^30).
giovanni da fiesole — Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
giraldus cambrensis — literary name of Gerald de Barri. ?1146–?1223, Welsh chronicler and churchman, noted for his accounts of his travels in Ireland and Wales
grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
grandfather's chair — wing chair.
great indian desert — a desert in NW India and S Pakistan. About 77,000 sq. mi. (200,000 sq. km).
harmonic distortion — distortion caused by nonlinear characteristics of electronic apparatus, esp of audio amplifiers, that generate unwanted harmonics of the input frequencies
have designs on sth — If someone has designs on something, they want it and are planning to get it, often in a dishonest way.
highland clearances — in Scotland, the removal, often by force, of the people from some parts of the Highlands to make way for sheep, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
highways department — the department of a state, council, etc, responsible for the upkeep of roads and highways
holy innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
honorable discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has fulfilled obligations efficiently, honorably, and faithfully.
hop, skip, and jump — a short distance
hotel des invalides — a military hospital built in Paris in the 17th and 18th centuries by Libéral Bruant and J. H. Mansart: famous for its chapel dome, the tomb of Napoleon, and as a military museum.
household insurance — an arrangement in which you pay money to a company, and they pay money to you if your household goods are stolen or damaged
human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
hydrostatic balance — a balance for finding the weight of an object submerged in water in order to determine the upthrust on it and thus determine its relative density
hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
idea of pure reason — any of the three undemonstrable entities (a personal soul, a cosmos, and a supreme being) implicit in the fact of a subject and an object of knowledge, and in the need for some principle uniting them.
imperial presidency — a U.S. presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows.
in consideration of — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
in the catbird seat — If you say that someone is in the catbird seat, you think that their situation is very good.
in the driving seat — If you say that someone is in the driving seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation.
in the second place — secondly
in this day and age — these days
in this/that regard — You can use in this regard or in that regard to refer back to something that you have just said.
incidental expenses — costs outside those budgeted
indemnity insurance — insurance covering against damage or loss
index expurgatorius — a list of books now included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.
indian paint fungus — a common woody hoof-shaped fungus, Echinodontium tinctorium, found on conifers in western North America and believed to have been used as a dye by Pacific Northwest Indians.
indirect addressing — indirect address
individualistically — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
industrial accident — an accident that happens to an employee of an industrial company during the course of their work
industrial capacity — the amount of resources (workforce, factories, etc) present in a place that will enable an industry or industries to produce goods
industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
industrial tribunal — (in Northern Ireland and formerly elsewhere in the UK) a tribunal that rules on disputes between employers and employees regarding unfair dismissal, redundancy, etc
industrial-strength — unusually strong, potent, or the like: heavy-duty: an industrial-strength soap.
installed user base — user base
instantaneous speed — a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed as the rate of change of position with respect to time at a particular point. It is measured in metres per second, miles per hour, etc
interdisciplinarity — Any academic or scientific study that draws on the expertise of more than one discipline.
interlaced scanning — a system of scanning a television picture, first along the even-numbered lines, then along the odd-numbered lines, in one complete scan
intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
intermediate system — (networking) (IS) An Open Systems Interconnection system which performs network layer forwarding. It is analogous to an IP router.
intersecting arcade — interlacing arcade.
interstellar medium — the matter occurring between the stars of our Galaxy, largely in the spiral arms, and consisting mainly of huge clouds of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen
intervertebral disc — any of the cartilaginous discs between individual vertebrae, acting as shock absorbers
intervertebral disk — the plate of fibrocartilage between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae.
it stands to reason — it is logical

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