19-letter words containing a, d, s, c
- pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- pseudo-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- pseudo-intellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
- pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
- punch and judy show — A Punch and Judy show is a puppet show for children, often performed at fairs or at the seaside. Punch and Judy, the two main characters, are always fighting.
- punch-and-judy show — a puppet show having a conventional plot consisting chiefly of slapstick humor and the tragicomic misadventures of the grotesque, hook-nosed, humpback buffoon Punch and his wife Judy.
- pyrophosphoric acid — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, H 4 P 2 O 7 , formed by the union of one molecule of phosphorus pentoxide with two molecules of water.
- radius of curvature — the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature at a point on a curve.
- rancho palos verdes — a town in SW California.
- reactive depression — depression occurring in response to some situational stress, as loss of one's job.
- recording secretary — an officer charged with keeping the minutes of meetings and responsible for the records.
- redress the balance — to make a fair adjustment; see that justice is done
- regular icosahedron — an icosahedron in which each of the faces is an equilateral triangle
- religious education — religion as school subject
- reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
- residence insurance — Residence insurance is insurance coverage against damage to a building in which you live.
- resonance radiation — radiation emitted by an atom or molecule, having the same frequency as that of an incident particle, as a photon, and usually involving a transition to the lowest energy level of the atom or molecule.
- rhodesian ridgeback — a large short-haired breed of dog characterized by a ridge of hair growing along the back in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. It was originally a hunting dog from South Africa
- rickettsial disease — any of several acute infectious diseases caused by ticks, mites, or body lice infected with rickettsiae. The main types include typhus, spotted fever, Q fever, trench fever, and tsutsugamushi disease
- royal correspondent — a journalist who reports on matters relating to royalty
- saccharolactic acid — mucic acid.
- sackcloth and ashes — a public display of extreme grief, remorse, or repentance
- saint patrick's day — March 17, observed by the Irish in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
- saint vitus's dance — chorea (def 2).
- sale and lease back — leaseback.
- samuel de champlain — Samuel de [sam-yoo-uh l duh;; French sa-my-el duh] /ˈsæm yu əl də;; French sa müˈɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.
- san clemente island — an island off the coast of S California, in the Santa Barbara (Channel) Islands. 24 miles (38 km) long.
- san juan de la cruz — San Juan de la [sahn hwahn de lah] /sɑn ʰwɑn dɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- sandra day o'connor — Frank (Michael Donovan) 1903–66, Irish writer.
- sandwich generation — the generation of people still raising their children while having to care for their aging parents.
- santa rosa de copan — a town in W Honduras: site of extensive Mayan ruins.
- sao jose dos campos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
- school of the squad — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- screen actors guild — a labor union for motion-picture performers, founded in 1933. Abbreviation: SAG.
- secondary dentition — the permanent dentition
- secondary education — education at high-school level
- 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.
- semidetached binary — a pair of stars that are so close together that mass transfer occurs from one to the other
- 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.