19-letter words containing e, u, s

presidente prudente — a city in central Brazil.
presumption of fact — a presumption based on experience or knowledge of the relationship between a known fact and a fact inferred from it.
pretty as a picture — girl: sweetly attractive
prick up one's ears — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
priority scheduling — (operating system) Processes scheduling in which the scheduler selects tasks to run based on their priority as opposed to, say, a simple round-robin. Priorities may be static or dynamic. Static priorities are assigned at the time of creation, while dynamic priorities are based on the processes' behaviour while in the system. For example, the scheduler may favour I/O-intensive tasks so that expensive requests can be issued as early as possible. A danger of priority scheduling is starvation, in which processes with lower priorities are not given the opportunity to run. In order to avoid starvation, in preemptive scheduling, the priority of a process is gradually reduced while it is running. Eventually, the priority of the running process will no longer be the highest, and the next process will start running. This method is called aging.
private prosecution — a prosecution started by a private individual rather than by the police
privatization issue — an issue of shares available for purchase by members of the public when a publicly owned organization is transferred to the private sector
progressive judaism — Reform Judaism.
property speculator — a person who takes part in property speculation
provably unsolvable — The set or property of problems for which no algorithm at all exists. E.g. the Halting Problem. See also provably difficult.
pseudo-aristocratic — of or relating to government by an aristocracy.
pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
pseudo-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
pseudo-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
pseudo-hieroglyphic — noting or pertaining to a script dating from the second millennium b.c. that appears to be syllabic and to represent the Phoenician language and that is inscribed on objects found at Byblos.
pseudo-intellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
pseudo-intransitive — denoting an occurrence of a normally transitive verb in which a direct object is not explicitly stated or forms the subject of the sentence, as in Margaret is cooking or these apples cook well
pseudo-professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
pseudohermaphrodite — an individual having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics resembling those of the other sex or being ambiguous in nature. Compare hermaphrodite (def 1).
pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
pseudorandom number — (programming) One of a sequence of numbers generated by some algorithm so as to have an even distribution over some range of values and minimal correlation between successive values. Pseudorandom numbers are used in simulation and encryption. They are pseudorandom not random because the sequence eventually repeats exactly and is entirely determined by the initial conditions. One of the simplest algorithms is x[i+1] = (a * x[i] + c) mod m but this repeats after at most m numbers and successive numbers are closely related. Better algorithms generally use more previous numbers to calculate the next number.
public-interest law — a branch of law that often utilizes class-action suits to protect the interest of a large group or of the public at large, as in matters relating to racial discrimination, air pollution, etc.
puerperal psychosis — a mental disorder sometimes occurring in women after childbirth, characterized by deep depression, delusions of the child's death, and homicidal feelings towards the child
pugwash conferences — international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005) , one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957–73), and president (1988–97)
pull in one's horns — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
pull one's socks up — to make a determined effort, esp in order to regain control of a situation
purse-string suture — a suture for a circular opening, stitched around the edge, that closes it when pulled.
push comes to shove — matters become serious or reach a critical point where some action or decision is required
put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
put one's finger on — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
put one's foot down — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
put one's skates on — ice skate (def 1).
put sth to the test — If you put something to the test, you find out how useful or effective it is by using it.
put the skids under — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
put up the shutters — to close business at the end of the day or permanently
quantitative easing — the policy by which a central bank creates money and uses it to purchase financial assets, thereby increasing the money supply and stimulating a weak economy. Abbreviation: QE.
quantum electronics — the application of quantum mechanics and quantum optics to the study and design of electronic devices
quartermaster corps — the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for supplying food, clothing, fuel, and equipment and for the operation of commissaries, laundries, etc.
queen anne's bounty — a fund formed by Queen Anne in 1704 for the augmentation of the livings of the poorer Anglican clergy. In 1948 the administrators of the fund were replaced by the Church Commissioners for England
queen street farmer — a businessman who runs a farm, often for a tax loss
queen's regulations — (in Britain and certain other Commonwealth countries when the sovereign is female) the code of conduct for members of the armed forces
queensland lungfish — a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, reaching a length of six feet: occurs in Queensland rivers but introduced elsewhere
quick-change artist — a person adept at changing from one thing to another, as an entertainer who changes costumes quickly during a performance.
radius of curvature — the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature at a point on a curve.
rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
rebus sic stantibus — (of the duration of the binding force treaty) for as long as the relevant facts and circumstances remain basically the same.
red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
redbrick university — any new or little-known university, especially one built since World War II to educate students in industrial regions, emphasizing technical subjects rather than the classics, and often partially supported by government funds.
reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia

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