19-letter words containing c, l, o, s, e, d
- pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- pseudo-hieroglyphic — noting or pertaining to a script dating from the second millennium b.c. that appears to be syllabic and to represent the Phoenician language and that is inscribed on objects found at Byblos.
- pseudo-intellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
- pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
- psychoendocrinology — the study of the relationship between the endocrine system and various symptoms or types of mental illness.
- rancho palos verdes — a town in SW California.
- regular icosahedron — an icosahedron in which each of the faces is an equilateral triangle
- religious education — religion as school subject
- royal correspondent — a journalist who reports on matters relating to royalty
- sackcloth and ashes — a public display of extreme grief, remorse, or repentance
- scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
- school of the squad — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- screen actors guild — a labor union for motion-picture performers, founded in 1933. Abbreviation: SAG.
- secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
- self identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
- self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
- self-identification — identification of oneself with some other person or thing.
- semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- senatorial district — one of a fixed number of districts into which a state of the U.S. is divided, each electing one member to the state senate.
- sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
- simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
- simple closed curve — a curve that is closed and that has no loops or points missing; a curve for which there exists a homeomorphism mapping it to a circle.
- single edge contact — (hardware) (SEC) The type of cartridge in which a Pentium II is packaged.
- slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
- socialized medicine — any of various systems to provide the entire population with complete medical care through government subsidization and regularization of medical and health services.
- sodium hypochlorite — a pale-green, crystalline compound, NaOCl, unstable in air, soluble in cold water, decomposes in hot water: used as a bleaching agent for paper and textiles, in water purification, in household use, and as a fungicide.
- sodium metasilicate — a white, granular sodium silicate, Na 2 SiO 3 , soluble in water: used in detergents and in bleaching and cleaning products.
- solid-state physics — the branch of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter, especially solids; the study of the electromagnetic, structural, and thermodynamic properties of solids.
- split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
- sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
- swallow-tailed coat — tail coat.
- trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
- 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.
- under one's control — If something is under your control, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- under police escort — If you go somewhere or are taken somewhere under police escort, you go there accompanied by a police escort.