19-letter words containing a, l, g, i

single edge contact — (hardware) (SEC) The type of cartridge in which a Pentium II is packaged.
single life annuity — A single life annuity is an annuity where only one life is covered.
single-line display — a display that presents information in a single line
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
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 anthropology — study of human culture
social intelligence — the ability to form rewarding relationships with other people
social organization — the structure of social relations within a group, usually the relations between its subgroups and institutions.
spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
squirrel-tail grass — any of various grasses having long fruiting stalks.
st.-germain-en-laye — a city in N France, near Paris: royal château and forest; treaties 1570, 1632, 1679, 1919.
standing martingale — martingale (def 1).
strait of gibraltar — a narrow strait between the S tip of Spain and the NW tip of Africa, linking the Mediterranean with the Atlantic
strangulated hernia — a hernia, especially of the intestine, that swells and constricts the blood supply of the herniated part, resulting in obstruction and gangrene.
streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
structural engineer — A structural engineer is an engineer who works on large structures such as roads, bridges, and large buildings.
submandibular gland — either of a pair of salivary glands located one on each side of and beneath the lower jaw.
sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
swedish nightingale — Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
sweetness and light — extreme or excessive pleasantness or amiability.
talleyrand-perigord — Charles Maurice de [sharl moh-rees duh] /ʃarl moʊˈris də/ (Show IPA), Prince de Bénévent [duh bey-ney-vahn] /də beɪ neɪˈvɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1754–1838, French statesman.
tangential-velocity — the component of the linear motion of a star with respect to the sun, measured along a line perpendicular to its line of sight and expressed in miles or kilometers per second.
tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
terminating decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
the almighty dollar — money regarded figuratively as a god, or source of great power
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 golden triangle — an opium-producing area of SE Asia, comprising parts of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand
the oceanic feeling — a term coined by Sigmund Freud to describe the feeling experienced by people who have religious faith
the pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
the social register — a directory, now published annually, of the families who are considered to form the country's social élite
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
thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
three-point landing — an aircraft landing in which the two wheels of the main landing gear and the tail or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously.
tiglath-pileser iii — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
to fit like a glove — If you say that something fits like a glove, you are emphasizing that it fits exactly.
to give sb a leg up — to help with climbing
to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
traveling-wave tube — an electron tube used in microwave communications systems, having an electron beam directed coaxially through a wire helix to produce amplification.
travelling expenses — expenses that are paid to someone, for example, by their employer, for the costs they need to travel
travelling salesman — A travelling salesman is a salesman who travels to different places and meets people in order to sell goods or take orders.
trentino-alto adige — a region in NE Italy. 870,238; 5256 sq. mi. (13.615 sq. km).
triangle inequality — the theorem that the absolute value of the sum of two quantities is less than or equal to the sum of the absolute values of the quantities.
triangulum australe — a small bright triangular constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Ara and the Southern Cross, that contains an open star cluster
trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.

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