19-letter words containing i, t, o, u
- beside the question — not related to the subject under discussion
- bilingual education — schooling in which those not fluent in the standard or national language are taught in their own language.
- bill of particulars — an itemized statement of claims or counterclaims provided to the opposing party of a lawsuit
- binocular disparity — the small differences in the positions of the parts of the images falling on each eye that results when each eye views the scene from a slightly different position; these differences make stereoscopic vision possible
- bismuth oxychloride — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, BiOCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of pigments, face powders, and artificial pearls.
- bloodstock industry — the breeding and training of racehorses
- blue-ringed octopus — a highly venomous octopus, Octopus maculosus, of E Australia which exhibits blue bands on its tentacles when disturbed
- blue-tongued lizard — a large Australian lizard, Tiliqua scincoides, characterized by having a cobalt-blue tongue.
- board of trade unit — a unit of electrical energy equal to 1 kilowatt-hour
- bordering countries — countries that share a border with a particular country
- bright young things — young, fun-loving, fashionable upper-class people, esp of the 1920s
- brimstone butterfly — a common yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, of N temperate regions of the Old World: family Pieridae
- brush-tailed possum — any of several widely-distributed Australian possums of the genus Trichosurus
- building contractor — an individual or company that contracts for the construction of houses, etc
- business accounting — the keeping of detailed accounts relating to a business or businesses
- butabarbital sodium — a barbiturate, C 10 H 15 N 2 NaO 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- cairngorm mountains — a mountain range of NE Scotland: part of the Grampians. Highest peak: Ben Macdui, 1309 m (4296 ft); designated a national park in 2003
- capacitive coupling — the connection of two or more circuits by means of a capacitor.
- captain of industry — You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry.
- captains courageous — a novel (1897) by Rudyard Kipling.
- cathodoluminescence — luminescence caused by irradiation with electrons (cathode rays)
- celestial longitude — the angular distance measured eastwards from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the ecliptic with the great circle passing through a celestial body and the poles of the ecliptic
- chamber of deputies — the lower house of the legislature of certain countries, as Italy.
- chemolithoautotroph — (biology) A chemoautotroph or lithoautotroph.
- circle of curvature — the circle with its center on the normal to the concave side of a curve at a given point on the curve and with its radius equal to the radius of curvature at the point.
- circular definition — a definition in which the definiendum (the expression being defined) or a variant of it appears in the definiens (the expression that defines it).
- circulation manager — the senior manager responsible for the distribution of a newspaper
- class action (suit) — a legal action brought by one or more persons on behalf of themselves and a much larger group, all of whom have the same grounds for action
- cobaltous hydroxide — a rose-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, Co 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the preparation of cobalt salts and in the manufacture of paint and varnish driers.
- collective security — a system of maintaining world peace and security by concerted action on the part of the nations of the world
- columnar epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.
- comminuted fracture — a fracture in which the bone is splintered or fragmented
- communications port — (hardware, communications) A connector for a communications interface, usually, a serial port.
- communications zone — the area behind the combat zone
- communion of saints — the spiritual fellowship of all true Christians, living and dead
- communist manifesto — a political pamphlet written by Marx and Engels in 1848: a fundamental statement of Marxist principles
- community education — the provision of a wide range of educational and special interest courses and activities by a local authority
- community policeman — a police officer assigned to a particular area
- community programme — (in Britain) a former government scheme to provide temporary work for people unemployed for over a year
- community relations — the particular state of affairs in an area where potentially conflicting ethnic, religious, cultural, political, or linguistic groups live together
- compromise solution — a solution to a problem reached by compromise
- computer dictionary — Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- computer peripheral — a device that is attached to and controlled by a computer, such as a scanner, printer, or external hard drive
- computer simulation — an event, process, or scenario that is created on a computer
- conceptualistically — In a conceptualistic sense.
- connecticut warbler — a North American wood warbler, Oporornis agilis, olive-green above with a gray head and throat and yellow below.
- constitution mirror — an oblong Chippendale mirror, usually of mahogany or walnut with gilt detail, having a frame with a fanciful outline emphasized by a raised molding that is topped with a scrolled broken pediment with a central finial, often in the form of a bird.
- construction worker — a person who works in the construction industry, esp one engaged in manual work
- consultant engineer — an engineer who works as a consultant to a project or company
- consultation period — a period during which consultations are held before a policy decision is made