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19-letter words containing a, t, o, p, r, s

  • the hampshire downs — a range of low chalk hills that crosses Hampshire in S England
  • the provisional ira — the unofficial faction of the IRA that became increasingly dominant following a split in 1969. The Provisional movement remained committed to a policy of terrorism until its ceasefires of the mid-1990s
  • theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
  • thiophosphoric acid — an acid derived from phosphoric acid by substituting one or more sulfur atoms for oxygen atoms.
  • tidal power station — a power station where the energy of flowing water is converted into electricity
  • time sharing option — (operating system)   (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
  • to be a showstopper — to be very impressive; to be sensational
  • to blow a raspberry — If you blow a raspberry, you make a sound by putting your tongue out and blowing, in order to insult someone.
  • to tear a strip off — If you tear a strip off someone or if you tear them off a strip, you speak to them angrily and criticize them severely.
  • toshiba corporation — (company)   A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, consumer products and medical diagnostic imaging equipment. In FY 2003-4, Toshiba employed 161,286 people.
  • total probable loss — A total probable loss is the highest degree of loss or damage that is probable if an insured event occurs.
  • transparent context — an expression in which any term may be replaced by another with the same reference without changing its truth-value
  • trisodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
  • tropical depression — an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less.
  • tussock caterpillar — the larva of a tussock moth.
  • underrepresentation — the act of representing.
  • university hospital — a hospital that is affiliated with a university. University hospitals provide clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients
  • vicariate apostolic — a district under the jurisdiction of a vicar apostolic.
  • want no part of sth — If you say that you want no part of something, you mean that you do not want to be involved in it at all.
  • what's your poison? — what would you like to drink?
  • whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
  • withdrawal symptoms — When someone has withdrawal symptoms, they feel ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to.
  • xenotransplantation — xenograft.
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