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19-letter words containing e, n, o, m, t, y

  • fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
  • fly in the ointment — Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
  • free-market economy — an economy based on the free market system
  • general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
  • government monopoly — the exclusive control of the market supply of a product or service by the government
  • green mountain boys — the members of the armed bands of Vermont organized in 1770 to oppose New York's territorial claims. Under Ethan Allen they won fame in the War of American Independence
  • have a few too many — If you say that someone has had a few too many or has had a few, you mean that they have drunk too many alcoholic drinks.
  • heart in your mouth — If your heart is in your mouth, you feel very excited, worried, or frightened.
  • holiday entitlement — the number of days of paid holiday in a year that a worker is entitled to take
  • humanist technology — (philosophy)   Technology centered around the interests, needs, and well-being of humans.
  • 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.
  • hypolipoproteinemia — An abnormally low level of lipoprotein in the blood.
  • hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
  • immunocytochemistry — the detection of chemical components of cells by means of antibodies coupled to substances that can be made visible.
  • impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
  • incomprehensibility — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
  • inferiority complex — Psychiatry. intense feeling of inferiority, producing a personality characterized either by extreme reticence or, as a result of overcompensation, by extreme aggressiveness.
  • inorganic chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with inorganic compounds.
  • interferometrically — By means of interferometry.
  • keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
  • kinematic viscosity — the coefficient of viscosity of a fluid divided by the density, usually measured in stokes.
  • lead someone astray — If someone or something leads you astray, they make you believe something that is not true, causing you to make a wrong decision.
  • lymphoproliferation — (medicine) the excessive production of lymphocytes.
  • magnetohydrodynamic — Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics.
  • maratha confederacy — a loose league of states in central and western India, c1750–1818.
  • mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
  • mary wollstonecraftMary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
  • maternity allowance — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a payment made to a pregnant woman who usually works but does not qualify for statutory maternity pay, normally from 11 weeks before confinement for a period of 18 weeks
  • medroxyprogesterone — a progesterone derivative, C 2 4 H 3 4 O 4 , used in the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding and secondary amenorrhea, as a contraceptive of long duration, and in the treatment of certain cancers.
  • methyl ethyl ketone — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 4 H 8 O, produced by synthesis or fermentation: used chiefly as a solvent, as a paint remover, and in the manufacture of plastics. Abbreviation: MEK.
  • metropolitan county — (in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986
  • microelectronically — by microcircuits
  • midafternoon prayer — the fifth of the seven canonical hours; none
  • military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
  • military pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different events, a 300-meter freestyle swim, a 4000-meter cross-country run, a 5000-meter equestrian steeplechase, épée fencing, and pistol target-shooting at 25 meters, the winner being the contestant with the highest total score.
  • ministry of defence — the government department responsible for the country's military measures or resources
  • molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
  • molybdenum trioxide — a white, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble powder, MoO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of molybdenum compounds.
  • motorway restaurant — a restaurant on a motorway
  • multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
  • network file system — (networking, operating system)   (NFS) A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094, which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. This protocol has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de facto standard. NFS is implemented using a connectionless protocol (UDP) in order to make it stateless. See Nightmare File System, WebNFS.
  • non-volatile memory — non-volatile storage
  • nonthrombocytopenic — Not thrombocytopenic.
  • north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • novell data systems — (company)   A small computer hardware company building CP/M Z80-based systems. They later went on to become Novell, Inc. and develop Novell Netware.
  • on an empty stomach — If you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without having eaten.
  • one's money's worth — full value for the money one has paid for something
  • outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
  • over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
  • parathyroid hormone — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the parathyroid glands, that helps regulate the blood levels of calcium and phosphate. Abbreviation: PTH.
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