19-letter words containing l, o, u, d

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-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-professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
radioactive fallout — the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
radiopharmaceutical — any of a number of radioactive drugs used diagnostically or therapeutically.
red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
reduction potential — (in a galvanic cell) the potential of the electrode at which reduction occurs.
regular icosahedron — an icosahedron in which each of the faces is an equilateral triangle
reindustrialization — the revitalization of an industry or industrial society through government aid and tax incentives, modernization of factories and machinery, etc.
religious education — religion as school subject
republic of ireland — John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
reticuloendothelial — pertaining to, resembling, or involving cells of the reticuloendothelial system.
right-eyed flounder — any of several flatfishes of the family Pleuronectidae, having both eyes on the right side of the head.
run-length encoding — A kind of compression algorithm which replaces sequences ("runs") of consecutive repeated characters (or other units of data) with a single character and the length of the run. This can either be applied to all input characters, including runs of length one, or a special character can be used to introduce a run-length encoded group. The longer and more frequent the runs are, the greater the compression that will be achieved. This technique is particularly useful for encoding black and white images where the data units would be single bit pixels.
sao paulo de luanda — Luanda.
scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
school of the squad — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
screen actors guild — a labor union for motion-picture performers, founded in 1933. Abbreviation: SAG.
seasonal adjustment — an adjustment that removes the seasonal component of statistics
secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
sharp-tailed grouse — a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
sidereal hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the hour circle passing through the vernal equinox and the hour circle of a celestial body.
simple closed curve — a curve that is closed and that has no loops or points missing; a curve for which there exists a homeomorphism mapping it to a circle.
slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
sodium hydrosulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na 2 S 2 O 4 , used as a reducing agent, especially in dyeing, and as a bleach.
sodium hypochlorite — a pale-green, crystalline compound, NaOCl, unstable in air, soluble in cold water, decomposes in hot water: used as a bleaching agent for paper and textiles, in water purification, in household use, and as a fungicide.
sodium metasilicate — a white, granular sodium silicate, Na 2 SiO 3 , soluble in water: used in detergents and in bleaching and cleaning products.
sodium thiosulphate — a white soluble substance used, in the pentahydrate form, in photography as a fixer to dissolve unchanged silver halides and also to remove excess chlorine from chlorinated water. Formula: Na2S2O3
soft-shelled turtle — any of numerous aquatic turtles of the family Trionychidae, inhabiting North America, Asia, and Africa, having the shell covered with flexible, leathery skin instead of horny plates.
solid of revolution — a three-dimensional figure formed by revolving a plane area about a given axis.
sql module language — A language used to interface other languages (Ada, C, COBOL) to SQL-based DBMSes. It is an ANSI standard. Version: Ada/SAME by Informix.
sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
sulphonium compound — any one of a class of salts derived by the addition of a proton to the sulphur atom of a thiol or thio-ether thus producing a positive ion (sulphonium ion)
supreme de volaille — suprême (def 2).
the millennium dome — a dome-shaped structure in Greenwich, London, built to house an exhibition to celebrate the millennium in 2000
theatrical producer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of a theatrical production
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 hold your tongue — If you hold your tongue, you do not say anything even though you might want to or be expected to, because it is the wrong time to say it.
to lick your wounds — If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.
to plumb new depths — If you say that something plumbs new depths, you mean that it is worse than all the things of its kind that have existed before, even though some of them have been very bad.
to plumb the depths — If someone plumbs the depths of an unpleasant emotion or quality, they experience it or show it to an extreme degree.
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
under one's control — If something is under your control, you have the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.

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