19-letter words containing d, o, n, u, t

go down the tube(s) — If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely.
go into liquidation — to close one's business by collecting assets and settling all debts
go to rack and ruin — If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
go under the hammer — to be offered for sale by an auctioneer
goldbach conjecture — an unproved theorem that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.
handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
henry david thoreau — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
hop, step, and jump — triple jump.
hound's-tooth check — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
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.
in definite pronoun — a pronoun, as English some, any, somebody, that leaves unspecified the identity of its referent.
in the line of duty — If you do something or if it happens to you in the line of duty, you do it or it happens as part of your regular work or as a result of it.
index expurgatorius — a list of books now included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.
induction hardening — a process in which the outer surface of a metal component is rapidly heated by means of induced eddy currents. After rapid cooling the resulting phase transformations produce a hard wear-resistant skin
input/output device — a device that passes data into and out of a computer
instantaneous speed — a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed as the rate of change of position with respect to time at a particular point. It is measured in metres per second, miles per hour, etc
introduction agency — a company whose business is to match romantic partners for a fee
investment compound — investment (def 11).
judicial separation — a decree of legal separation of spouses that does not dissolve the marriage bond.
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
knock-down-drag-out — marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
land of opportunity — Arkansas (used as a nickname).
lightning conductor — A lightning conductor is a long thin piece of metal on top of a building that attracts lightning and allows it to reach the ground safely.
longitudinal parity — (storage, communications) An extra byte (or word) appended to a block of data in order to reveal corruption of the data. Bit n of this byte indicates whether there was an even or odd number of "1" bits in bit position n of the bytes in the block. The parity byte is computed by XORing the data bytes in the block. Longitudinal parity allows single bit errors to be detected.
manchester autocode — (language, history) The predecessor of Mercury Autocode.
mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
master of foxhounds — the person responsible for the conduct of a fox hunt and to whom all members of the hunt and its staff are responsible. Abbreviation: M.F.H.
maturation division — a stage in meiosis during which the chromosomal number of the reproductive cell is reduced to one chromosome from each original chromosome pair.
means of production — resources: equipment, workers
midnight regulation — a rule or directive approved by the federal government near the end of a president’s term of office
millennium meltdown — Year 2000
molybdenum trioxide — a white, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble powder, MoO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of molybdenum compounds.
mother-of-thousands — strawberry geranium.
mount desert island — an island off the coast of E central Maine: summer resort; forms part of Acadia National Park. 14 miles (23 km) long; 8 miles (13 km) wide.
mud object oriented — (games) (MOO) One of the many MUD spin-offs (e.g. MUSH, MUSE, and MUX) created to diversify the realm of interactive text-based gaming. A MOO is similar to a MUSH in that the users themselves can create objects, rooms, and code to add to the environment. The most frequently used server software for running a MOO is LambdaMOO but alternatives include WinMOO and MacGoesMOO.
multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
mutual fund company — a company that sells and manages mutual funds
neighbourhood watch — a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime
next door neighbour — a person who lives in the house, flat, etc, next to one's home
non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
nonproprietary drug — A nonproprietary drug is a generic drug that is essentially similar to a drug with a brand name.
normal distribution — a theoretical frequency distribution represented by a normal curve.
noughts and crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
noughts-and-crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
occupational hazard — a danger or hazard to workers that is inherent in a particular occupation: Silicosis is an occupational hazard of miners.
old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts

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