19-letter words containing a, r, s, p
- hepatoportal system — a vascular arrangement in vertebrates through which blood is transported into the liver from capillaries of the stomach, spleen, duodenum, pancreas, and intestines.
- high-pressure steam — High-pressure steam is steam which is at or above 75 pounds per square inch gauge pressure.
- highways department — the department of a state, council, etc, responsible for the upkeep of roads and highways
- historic episcopate — the derivation of the episcopate of a Church in historic succession from the apostles
- historiographically — In a historiographical manner; by means of a historiography.
- horseshoe whipsnake — a long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snake, Coluber hippocrepis, of Eurasia
- hyper-nationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
- hyperbolic cosecant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of hyperbolic sine
- hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
- 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.
- hyperparathyroidism — overactivity of the parathyroid gland, characterized by softening of the bones, with consequent pain, tenderness, and a tendency to spontaneous fractures, and by muscular weakness and abdominal cramps.
- hyperphosphorylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperphosphorylate.
- hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- hypophosphoric acid — a tetrabasic acid, H 4 P 2 O 6 , produced by the slow oxidation of phosphorous in moist air.
- hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
- 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.
- imperial war museum — a museum in London, founded in 1920, containing material related to military operations involving British and Commonwealth forces since 1914
- impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
- in particular terms — If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.
- index expurgatorius — a list of books now included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.
- industrial capacity — the amount of resources (workforce, factories, etc) present in a place that will enable an industry or industries to produce goods
- infantile paralysis — poliomyelitis.
- inflationary spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- inprise corporation — Borland Software Corporation.
- instant photography — photography using an instant camera.
- interdisciplinarity — Any academic or scientific study that draws on the expertise of more than one discipline.
- intergalactic space — the region of physical space that exists between galaxies. The density is negligible, and close to an almost total vacuum
- invasion of privacy — an encroachment upon the right to be let alone or to be free from publicity.
- iphigenia in tauris — a drama (413? b.c.) by Euripides.
- irish water spaniel — one of an Irish breed of large water spaniels having a thick, curly, liver-colored coat, a topknot of long, loose curls, and a thin, tapering tail covered with short hair.
- isenheim altarpiece — an altarpiece (1510?–15?) painted by Matthias Grünewald.
- isobutyl propionate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used chiefly as a paint, varnish, and lacquer solvent.
- japanese arborvitae — a Japanese evergreen tree, Thuja standishii, having spreading branches with bright-green leaves.
- japanese lawn grass — an Asiatic creeping grass, Zoysia japonica, used especially in the southeastern U.S., having purplish spikelets and rootstalks that send up numerous tough, wiry shoots.
- joseph of arimathea — a wealthy disciple who provided a tomb for Jesus' body: Matt. 27:57-60
- judicial separation — a decree of legal separation of spouses that does not dissolve the marriage bond.
- jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed.
- keep up appearances — If you keep up appearances, you try to behave and dress in a way that people expect of you, even if you can no longer afford it.
- knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- landscape architect — A landscape architect is the same as a landscape gardener.
- landscape gardening — the art or trade of designing or rearranging large gardens, estates, etc.
- leisure occupations — activities which you enjoy and which you perform in your free time
- limited partnership — a partnership formed by at least one general partner and at least one special partner.
- lipopolysaccharides — Plural form of lipopolysaccharide.
- lupus erythematosus — any of several autoimmune diseases, especially systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by red, scaly skin patches.
- maestro di cappella — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp a private one attached to the palace of a prince in Italy during the baroque period
- make a pig's ear of — to ruin disastrously
- means of production — resources: equipment, workers
- megabits per second — (unit) (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps.