19-letter words containing l, a, d, y, o

heavy goods vehicle — a large road vehicle for carrying goods
holiday entitlement — the number of days of paid holiday in a year that a worker is entitled to take
holy innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
hydrochlorothiazide — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 7 H 8 ClN 3 O 4 S 2 , used as a diuretic and in the treatment of hypertension.
hydrostatic balance — a balance for finding the weight of an object submerged in water in order to determine the upthrust on it and thus determine its relative density
hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
hyperphosphorylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperphosphorylate.
hypomixolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D, with the final on G.
lady baltimore cake — a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.
lady of the evening — a prostitute.
land of opportunity — Arkansas (used as a nickname).
lay down one's arms — to stop fighting; surrender
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.
lipopolysaccharides — Plural form of lipopolysaccharide.
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.
mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
monoclonal antibody — antibody produced by a laboratory-grown cell clone, either of a hybridoma or a virus-transformed lymphocyte, that is more abundant and uniform than natural antibody and is able to bind specifically to a single site on almost any chosen antigen or reveal previously unknown antigen sites: used as an analytic tool in scientific research and medical diagnosis and potentially important in the treatment of certain diseases. Abbreviation: MAb.
mucopolysaccharides — Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.
multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
mutual fund company — a company that sells and manages mutual funds
non-confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
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.
overplay one's hand — If you say that someone is overplaying something such as a problem, you mean that they are making it seem more important than it really is.
peritoneal dialysis — a form of dialysis in which the peritoneum is used as an autogenous semipermeable membrane
peroxysulfuric acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
phenylthiocarbamide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
play fast and loose — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
pleased to meet you — greeting
polycarboxylic acid — a type of carboxylic acid containing two or more carboxyl groups
polyclonal antibody — a mixture of antibodies of different specificities, as in the serum of a person immunized to various antigens.
polyphosphoric acid — any one of a series of oxyacids of phosphorus with the general formula Hn+2PnO3n+1. The first member is pyrophosphoric acid (n = 2) and the series includes the highly polymeric metaphosphoric acid. The higher acids exist in an equilibrium mixture
profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
royal correspondent — a journalist who reports on matters relating to royalty
san fernando valley — valley in SW Calif., partly in NW Los Angeles: c. 260 sq mi (673 sq km)
secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
sessional indemnity — the remuneration paid to a member of the Canadian parliament.
simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
solid-state physics — the branch of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter, especially solids; the study of the electromagnetic, structural, and thermodynamic properties of solids.
tall poppy syndrome — a tendency to disparage any person who has achieved great prominence or wealth
talleyrand-perigord — Charles Maurice de [sharl moh-rees duh] /ʃarl moʊˈris də/ (Show IPA), Prince de Bénévent [duh bey-ney-vahn] /də beɪ neɪˈvɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1754–1838, French statesman.
the admiralty board — (formerly) a department of the British Ministry of Defence, responsible for the administration and planning of the Royal Navy
the almighty dollar — money regarded figuratively as a god, or source of great power
the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
to hold your breath — If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water.
to lay down the law — If you say that someone lays down the law, you are critical of them because they give other people orders and they think that they are always right.
to play hard to get — If someone plays hard to get, they pretend not to be interested in another person or in what someone is trying to persuade them to do.
to turn a blind eye — If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.
turn a blind eye to — to pretend not to notice or ignore deliberately
velocity modulation — the modulation in velocity of a beam of electrons or ions caused by passing the beam through a high-frequency electric field, as in a cavity resonator

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