19-letter words containing d, o, m
- fixed-term contract — a contract for a particular and fixed period
- freedom of the city — nominal citizenship in a city, conferred as an honor upon important visitors.
- freedom of the seas — the doctrine that ships of neutral countries may sail anywhere on the high seas without interference by warring powers.
- functional medicine — individualized medical care that recognizes the interactions between genetic and environmental factors and between the body's interconnected systems.
- geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
- go under the hammer — to be offered for sale by an auctioneer
- goa, daman, and diu — an administrative territory of India, in the W part: formerly Portuguese India; annexed by India 1961. 1426 sq. mi. (3693 sq. km). Capital: Panjim.
- gold-rimmed glasses — spectacles with gold-coloured frames
- golden lion tamarin — a monkey, Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia, of tropical rain forests of southeastern Brazil, having a silky golden coat and a long golden mane: threatened with extinction.
- good (or bad) form — conduct in (or not in) accord with social custom
- goodwill ambassador — an ambassador who shows goodwill to another country, organization, etc, on behalf of his or her own country, organization, etc
- grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- great idaean mother — Cybele.
- guillaume de lorris — 13th-century French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung
- handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
- harmonic distortion — distortion caused by nonlinear characteristics of electronic apparatus, esp of audio amplifiers, that generate unwanted harmonics of the input frequencies
- hatfield-mccoy feud — a blood feud between two mountain clans on the West Virginia–Kentucky border, the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky, that grew out of their being on opposite sides during the Civil War and was especially violent during 1880–90.
- have a good mind to — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- have half a mind to — to have the intention of
- holiday entitlement — the number of days of paid holiday in a year that a worker is entitled to take
- hop, skip, and jump — a short distance
- hop, step, and jump — triple jump.
- hotel accommodation — the facilities and the quality of accommodation provided by a hotel
- housing development — a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.
- human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
- hydropneumatization — utilization of air pressure in the housing of a water turbine to keep the level of water that has been used from rising to interfere with the rotor blades.
- hyperparathyroidism — overactivity of the parathyroid gland, characterized by softening of the bones, with consequent pain, tenderness, and a tendency to spontaneous fractures, and by muscular weakness and abdominal cramps.
- hypomixolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D, with the final on G.
- identification mark — barcode or serial number
- in one's mind's eye — pictured within the mind; imagined or remembered vividly
- in one's right mind — sane
- indeterminate vowel — schwa.
- interdenominational — occurring between, involving, or common to different religious denominations.
- intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
- internal hemorrhoid — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- investment compound — investment (def 11).
- ipratropium bromide — an anticholinergic bronchodilator, C 20 H 30 BrNO 3 , used in the treatment of chronic bronchitis and in airway obstruction diseases.
- isidorus of miletus — flourished 6th century a.d, Byzantine engineer. He was one of the architects of Hagia Sophia; (originally an Orthodox cathedral and currently a museum in Istanbul, Turkey).
- james gould cozzens — James Gould, 1903–78, U.S. novelist.
- jimenez de cisneros — Francisco [frahn-thees-kaw] /frɑnˈθis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1436–1517, Spanish cardinal and statesman.
- johannes damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- john maynard keynes — John Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.
- junior middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 154 pounds (69.3 kg), between welterweight and middleweight.
- keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
- kingdom of burgundy — a kingdom in E France, established in the early 6th century ad, eventually including the later duchy of Burgundy, Franche-Comté, and the Kingdom of Provence: known as the Kingdom of Arles from the 13th century
- kingdom of lorraine — an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
- knock someone bandy — to amaze or astound
- knock them/'em dead — To knock them dead means to impress people a great deal, especially with your appearance.
- know one's own mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- komandorski islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, in NE Russia, E of the Kamchatka Peninsula: U.S.-Japan naval battle, 1943.