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19-letter words containing c, i, t, y, a

  • stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
  • sympathetic contact — behavior toward an individual based on the individual's personal makeup rather than on his or her group membership.
  • symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
  • 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.
  • the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
  • to carry conviction — If something carries conviction, it is likely to be true or likely to be believed.
  • to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
  • to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
  • to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
  • typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
  • ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
  • ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
  • unconstitutionality — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
  • university entrance — an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
  • valencian community — region comprising three provinces of E Spain: 8,998 sq mi (23,305 sq km); pop. 4,029,000; cap. Valencia
  • vapor recovery unit — A vapor recovery unit is a system for recovering vapors from inside sealed crude oil or condensate tanks, with a scrubber (= a device for removing unwanted substances) and compressor (= a device that raises pressure).
  • velocity modulation — the modulation in velocity of a beam of electrons or ions caused by passing the beam through a high-frequency electric field, as in a cavity resonator
  • veterinary medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of diseases in animals, especially domesticated animals.
  • voltaic electricity — electric current; moving electric charges.
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
  • websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
  • what-do-you-call-it — whachamacallit.
  • young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998
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