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19-letter words containing c, o, r, e, s

  • dred scott decision — Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
  • eastern coral snake — any of numerous venomous elapid snakes, found chiefly in the New World tropics, as Micrurus fulvius (eastern coral snake) of the southeastern U.S., often brilliantly marked with bands of red, yellow, and black.
  • ecatepec de morelos — a city in S central Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City: on a 12th-century Aztec site.
  • educational adviser — a person who provides advice and training to teachers about teaching methods and educational policies
  • elastic deformation — In elastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it but goes back to its original state when the stress is removed.
  • elastomeric closure — An elastomeric closure is a component that closes a piece of packaging. An elastomeric closure is made from a material that is able to resume its original shape when it is removed from the packaging and may be in direct contact with the drug enclosed in the pack.
  • electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
  • electrocardiographs — Plural form of electrocardiograph.
  • electrodynamometers — Plural form of electrodynamometer.
  • electroluminescence — Luminescence produced electrically, especially in a phosphor by the application of a voltage.
  • electron microscope — An electron microscope is a type of very powerful microscope that uses electrons instead of light to produce a magnified image of something.
  • electronegativities — Plural form of electronegativity.
  • electronic graphics — (on television) the production of graphic designs and text by electronic means
  • electrophysiologist — A physiologist whose speciality is electrophysiology.
  • electrostatic field — an electric field associated with static electric charges
  • electrostatic units — the system of CGS electric and magnetic units that assigns the value of one to the dielectric constant of a vacuum
  • electrotherapeutics — (medicine) the use of electricity in therapeutics.
  • endowment assurance — a form of life insurance that provides for the payment of a specified sum directly to the policyholder at a designated date or to his beneficiary should he die before this date
  • endowment insurance — Endowment insurance is a type of life insurance that pays a particular sum directly to the policyholder at a stated date, or to a beneficiary if the policyholder dies before this date.
  • energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
  • essence of bergamot — a fragrant essential oil from the fruit rind of this plant, used in perfumery and some teas (including Earl Grey)
  • european commission — the executive body of the European Union formed in 1967, which initiates action in the EU and mediates between member governments
  • exclusion principle — Pauli exclusion principle
  • expressionistically — In an expressionistic manner.
  • factitious disorder — any of various syndromes, as Münchausen syndrome, characterized by physical or psychological symptoms intentionally produced by a person and under voluntary control.
  • farmers cooperative — an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.
  • female circumcision — clitoridectomy.
  • first-sale doctrine — a legal principle allowing the purchaser of a lawfully made copy of a copyright-protected work to sell or give away that copy without permission but not to reproduce it.
  • fixed cost contract — a contract in which the costs do not vary
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
  • focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
  • foregone conclusion — an inevitable conclusion or result.
  • forensic accountant — an accountant who specializes in applying accountancy skills to the purposes of the law
  • forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
  • four eyes principle — the requirement that a business transaction be approved by at least two individuals
  • fractal compression — (algorithm)   A technique for encoding images using fractals.
  • from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
  • front-end processor — a small computer or other dedicated device that performs preliminary processing of data for a host computer.
  • gastrocolic omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
  • gastroenterocolitis — (medicine) inflammation of the stomach, small intestines, and colon.
  • gastroenterological — Of or pertaining to gastroenterology.
  • gel electrophoresis — a technique for separating protein molecules of varying sizes in a mixture by moving them through a block of gel, as of agarose or polyacrylamide, by means of an electric field, with smaller molecules moving faster and therefore farther than larger ones.
  • general post office — (in the U.S. postal system) the main post office of a city, county, etc., that also has branch post offices. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
  • geometric isomerism — each of two or more chemical compounds having the same molecular formula but a different geometric arrangement; an unsaturated compound or ring compound in which rotation around a carbon bond is restricted, as in cis- and trans- configurations.
  • gestational carrier — surrogate mother (def 3).
  • get one's rocks off — to experience orgasm; ejaculate
  • gigabits per second — (unit)   (Gbps) A unit of information transfer rate equal to one billion bits per second. Note that, while a gigabit is defined as a power of two (2^30 bits), a gigabit per second is defined as a power of ten (10^9 bits per second, which is slightly less) than 2^30).
  • glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.
  • gloucester old spot — a hardy rare breed of pig, white with a few black markings, that originally lived off windfalls in orchards in the Severn valley
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