19-letter words containing d, u, a, l, s

fluophosphoric acid — fluorophosphoric acid.
fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
functional database — (database, language) A database which uses a functional language as its query language. Databases would seem to be an inappropriate application for functional languages since, a purely functional language would have to return a new copy of the entire database every time (part of) it was updated. To be practically scalable, the update mechanism must clearly be destructive rather than functional; however it is quite feasible for the query language to be purely functional so long as the database is considered as an argument. One approach to the update problem would use a monad to encapsulate database access and ensure it was single threaded. Alternative approaches have been suggested by Trinder, who suggests non-destructive updating with shared data structures, and Sutton who uses a variant of a Phil Wadler's linear type system. There are two main classes of functional database languages. The first is based upon Backus' FP language, of which FQL is probably the best known example. Adaplan is a more recent language which falls into this category. More recently, people have been working on languages which are syntactically very similar to modern functional programming languages, but which also provide all of the features of a database language, e.g. bulk data structures which can be incrementally updated, type systems which can be incrementally updated, and all data persisting in a database. Examples are PFL [Poulovassilis&Small, VLDB-91], and Machiavelli [Ohori et al, ACM SIGMOD Conference, 1998].
giraldus cambrensis — literary name of Gerald de Barri. ?1146–?1223, Welsh chronicler and churchman, noted for his accounts of his travels in Ireland and Wales
grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
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.
have one's blood up — to be or cause to be angry or inflamed
hold up one's hands — to confess a mistake or misdeed
household insurance — an arrangement in which you pay money to a company, and they pay money to you if your household goods are stolen or damaged
individualistically — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
industrial accident — an accident that happens to an employee of an industrial company during the course of their work
industrial capacity — the amount of resources (workforce, factories, etc) present in a place that will enable an industry or industries to produce goods
industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
industrial tribunal — (in Northern Ireland and formerly elsewhere in the UK) a tribunal that rules on disputes between employers and employees regarding unfair dismissal, redundancy, etc
industrial-strength — unusually strong, potent, or the like: heavy-duty: an industrial-strength soap.
installed user base — user base
interstellar medium — the matter occurring between the stars of our Galaxy, largely in the spiral arms, and consisting mainly of huge clouds of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen
james gould cozzens — James Gould, 1903–78, U.S. novelist.
judicial separation — a decree of legal separation of spouses that does not dissolve the marriage bond.
large munsterlander — a strongly built gun dog with a long dense black-and-white coat
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.
liaodong pensinsula — a peninsula of NE China, in S Manchuria extending south into the Yellow Sea: forms the S part of Liaoning province
look sb up and down — If someone looks you up and down, they direct their eyes from your head to your feet, in a rude and superior way and often as though they disapprove of you.
malicious falsehood — a lie told by someone who knows the lie is false or knows it will do harm to the person it is concerning
mid-autumn festival — a Chinese festival that is held to celebrate the end of the summer harvest, when the crops have been gathered.
missing fundamental — a tone, not present in the sound received by the ear, whose pitch is that of the difference between the two tones that are sounded
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.
mousseline de laine — a thin worsted fabric, often having a printed pattern.
mucopolysaccharides — Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.
multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
multimedia analysis — Multimedia analysis is the consideration of all possible risks relating to pollution and waste management.
non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
normal distribution — a theoretical frequency distribution represented by a normal curve.
nuclear disarmament — the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world
old church slavonic — the oldest attested Slavic language, an ecclesiastical language written first by Cyril and Methodius in a Bible translation of the 9th century and continued in use for about two centuries. It represents the South Slavic, Bulgarian dialect of 9th-century Salonika with considerable addition of other South and West Slavic elements. Abbreviation: OCS.
old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
optical double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
peroxysulfuric acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
pleased to meet you — greeting
police headquarters — building where police are stationed
profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
pseudo-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
pseudo-intellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
pseudo-professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
queensland lungfish — a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, reaching a length of six feet: occurs in Queensland rivers but introduced elsewhere

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