19-letter words containing d, e, n, t, i, c
- split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
- stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
- sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
- switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
- synthetic detergent — any synthetic substance, other than soap, that is an effective cleanser and functions equally well as a surface-active agent in hard or soft water.
- take one's medicine — any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
- teilhard de chardin — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, French Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and philosopher.
- telephone directory — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
- terminating decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
- the disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
- the middle distance — an unspecified point in the distance
- the whole enchilada — all of it; everything; the entirety of something
- to be reckoned with — of considerable importance or influence
- 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.
- trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
- trickle-down theory — an economic theory that monetary benefits directed especially by the government to big business will in turn pass down to and profit smaller businesses and the general public.
- 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.
- ultracrepidarianism — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
- under consideration — being deliberated
- under police escort — If you go somewhere or are taken somewhere under police escort, you go there accompanied by a police escort.
- under the influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- 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.
- vocational guidance — the process of assisting a student to choose, prepare for, and enter an occupation for which he or she shows aptitude.
- websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
- white-winged scoter — a blackish North American duck, Melanitta deglandi, having a white patch on each wing.