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19-letter words containing a, u, d, i, b

  • normal distribution — a theoretical frequency distribution represented by a normal curve.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • optical double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
  • parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
  • profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
  • pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
  • republic of irelandJohn, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
  • specialized subject — a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge
  • standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
  • stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
  • subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
  • submandibular gland — either of a pair of salivary glands located one on each side of and beneath the lower jaw.
  • 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.
  • to turn a blind eye — If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.
  • turn a blind eye to — to pretend not to notice or ignore deliberately
  • united presbyterian — a member of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, founded in Pittsburgh in 1858 by a union of two Presbyterian groups.
  • unlimited liability — liability that is not restricted to any unpaid portion of nominal capital invested in a business
  • west dunbartonshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on Loch Lomond and the Clyde estuary: corresponds to part of the historical county of Dunbartonshire; part of Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: engineering industries. Administrative centre: Dumbarton. Pop: 92 320 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
  • zero-base budgeting — a process in government and corporate finance of justifying an overall budget or individual budgeted items each fiscal year or each review period rather than dealing only with proposed changes from a previous budget. Abbreviation: ZBB.
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