19-letter words containing c, y, r, e, n, a
- cross-channel ferry — a ferry that transports passengers and vehicles across the English Channel
- crystallized ginger — sugar-coated ginger
- cult of personality — a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
- curvilinear tracery — tracery, especially of the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by a pattern of irregular, boldly curved forms.
- cyril of alexandria — Saint. ?375–444 ad, Christian theologian and patriarch of Alexandria. Feast day: June 27 or June 9
- data encryption key — (DEK) Used for the encryption of message text and for the computation of message integrity checks (signatures). See cryptography.
- davy jones's locker — the bottom of the sea; grave of those drowned at sea or buried there
- deacetyltransferase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups, especially from a lysine residue of a histone.
- dictionary of names — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
- discretionary trust — a trust in which the beneficiaries' shares are not fixed in the trust deed but are left to the discretion of other persons, often the trustees
- distance university — a degree-granting institution operating wholly or mainly by correspondence courses for students not resident on or within commuting distance of the campus.
- dominance hierarchy — a system or set of relationships in animal groups that is based on a hierarchical ranking, usually established and maintained by behavior in aggressive encounters: one or a few members hold the highest rank and the others are submissive to those ranking higher and dominant to those ranking lower.
- drawing-room comedy — a light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society.
- echoencephalography — a device that employs reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the position of brain structures.
- electrodynamometers — Plural form of electrodynamometer.
- electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
- electromagnetically — By means of electromagnetism.
- electromechanically — In an electromechanical way.
- electronic keyboard — a typewriter keyboard used to operate an electronic device such as a computer, word processor, etc
- elementary particle — any of several entities, such as electrons, neutrons, or protons, that are less complex than atoms and are regarded as the constituents of all matter
- energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
- engineering factory — a factory where engineering products are made
- entry qualification — the qualifications and conditions required to join an organization, club, etc
- expeditionary force — An expeditionary force is a group of soldiers who are sent to fight in a foreign country.
- expressionistically — In an expressionistic manner.
- family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
- fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
- feynman, richard p. — Richard P. Feynman
- forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
- fractional currency — coins or paper money of a smaller denomination than the basic monetary unit.
- free-market economy — an economy based on the free market system
- functional currency — Functional currency is the main currency used by a business.
- generic array logic — (hardware, integrated circuit) (GAL) A newer kind of Programmable Array Logic based on EEPROM storage cells, been pioneered by Lattice. GALs can be erased and reprogrammed and usually replace a whole set of different PALs (hence the name).
- glyceryl trinitrate — nitroglycerin.
- heptachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twenty-four isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing seven chlorine atoms.
- high-bush cranberry — cranberry bush
- hydrostatic balance — a balance for finding the weight of an object submerged in water in order to determine the upthrust on it and thus determine its relative density
- hydroxybenzoic acid — Hydroxybenzoic acid is the active ingredient in a number of drugs, for example, aspirin. Hydroxybenzoic acid is also used as a preservative.
- hyper-nationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
- hyperbolic cosecant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of hyperbolic sine
- hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
- imperial presidency — a U.S. presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows.
- impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
- indemnity insurance — insurance covering against damage or loss
- inorganic chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with inorganic compounds.
- interdisciplinarity — Any academic or scientific study that draws on the expertise of more than one discipline.
- interferometrically — By means of interferometry.
- internet relay chat — (chat, messaging) (IRC) /I-R-C/, occasionally /*rk/ A client-server chat system of large (often worldwide) networks. IRC is structured as networks of Internet servers, each accepting connections from client programs, one per user. The IRC community and the Usenet and MUD communities overlap to some extent, including both hackers and regular folks who have discovered the wonders of computer networks. Some Usenet jargon has been adopted on IRC, as have some conventions such as emoticons. There is also a vigorous native jargon (see the entry for "chat"). The largest and first IRC network is EFNet, with a smaller breakaway network called the Undernet having existed since 1992, and dozens of other networks having appeared (and sometimes disappeared) since. See also nick, bot, op.
- introduction agency — a company whose business is to match romantic partners for a fee
- least recently used — (operating systems) (LRU) A rule used in a paging system which selects a page to be paged out if it has been used (read or written) less recently than any other page. The same rule may also be used in a cache to select which cache entry to flush. This rule is based on temporal locality - the observation that, in general, the page (or cache entry) which has not been accessed for longest is least likely to be accessed in the near future.