19-letter words containing a, m, o, r, i, s
- steamroller tactics — repressive tactics
- sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
- streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
- sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
- supreme de volaille — suprême (def 2).
- 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.
- symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
- synchronous machine — an alternating-current machine in which the average speed of normal operation is exactly proportional to the frequency of the system to which it is connected.
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
- that's more like it — If you say that's more like it, you mean that the thing that you are referring to is more satisfactory than it was on earlier occasions.
- the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
- the hampshire downs — a range of low chalk hills that crosses Hampshire in S England
- the mathworks, inc. — (company) The company marketing MATLAB. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2098 USA. Telephone: +1 (508) 647-7000. Fax: +1 (508) 647-7101.
- thrust augmentation — an increase in the thrust of a jet or rocket engine, as by afterburning or reheating.
- time sharing option — (operating system) (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
- transdenominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
- transformationalism — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
- transformationalist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of transformational grammar.
- transformer station — a station of an electricity generation, transmission and distribution system where voltage is transformed from high to low or the reverse using transformers
- trisodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
- twist someone's arm — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
- unit of measurement — physical quantity
- volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
- wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
- wassermann reaction — a diagnostic test for syphilis using the fixation of a complement by the serum of a syphilitic individual.
- withdrawal symptoms — When someone has withdrawal symptoms, they feel ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to.
- withdrawal syndrome — a spectrum of physical and behavioral symptoms following cessation from the continuous use of an addictive drug, the character and severity of the symptoms depending upon the particular drug and the daily dose.
- woman in the street — the average woman: a new magazine for the woman in the street.