19-letter words containing m, a, l, t, s, e
- death of a salesman — a play (1949) by Arthur Miller.
- deflate compression — deflate
- demonstration model — a nearly new product, such as a car or washing machine, that has been used only to demonstrate its performance by a dealer and is offered for sale at a discount
- departmentalisation — Alternative spelling of departmentalization.
- design in real time — (programming) (Dirt) A user interface builder for the X Window System by R. Hesketh.
- dimethylnitrosamine — a yellow, water-soluble carcinogenic liquid, C 2 H 6 N 2 O, found in tobacco smoke and certain foods: known to be a potent carcinogen. Abbreviation: DMN, DMNA.
- disablement benefit — (in Britain) a noncontributory benefit payable to a person disabled through injury or disease caused by their work
- disaster capitalism — the practice (by a government, regime, etc) of taking advantage of a major disaster to adopt liberal economic policies that the population would be less likely to accept under normal circumstances
- displacement engine — any engine employing the rectilinear motion of one or more pistons in cylinders.
- eat someone's lunch — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- ecatepec de morelos — a city in S central Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City: on a 12th-century Aztec site.
- elastic deformation — In elastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it but goes back to its original state when the stress is removed.
- elastomeric closure — An elastomeric closure is a component that closes a piece of packaging. An elastomeric closure is made from a material that is able to resume its original shape when it is removed from the packaging and may be in direct contact with the drug enclosed in the pack.
- electrodynamometers — Plural form of electrodynamometer.
- estate of the realm — an order or class of persons in a political community, regarded collectively as a part of the body politic: usually regarded as being the lords temporal (peers), lords spiritual, and commons
- family-sized packet — a large packet
- female impersonator — a male performer who dresses as and impersonates women.
- financial statement — a document that records the financial activities and state of an organization or person
- flame-of-the-forest — a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa, native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers
- flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
- fractal compression — (algorithm) A technique for encoding images using fractals.
- gastrocolic omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
- gentleman-pensioner — (formerly) a gentleman-at-arms.
- glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.
- grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
- heat of sublimation — the heat absorbed by one gram or unit mass of a substance in the process of changing, at a constant temperature and pressure, from a solid to a gaseous state. Compare sublime (def 10).
- hepatoportal system — a vascular arrangement in vertebrates through which blood is transported into the liver from capillaries of the stomach, spleen, duodenum, pancreas, and intestines.
- hermetically sealed — airtight
- humanist technology — (philosophy) Technology centered around the interests, needs, and well-being of humans.
- hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
- hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
- immunohistochemical — (biology) Of, pertaining to, or by means of immunohistochemistry, the use of immunological techniques to study the chemistry of tissues.
- impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
- in particular terms — If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.
- industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
- informal settlement — a squatter camp
- instrumentalisation — (philosophy) The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
- instrumentalization — Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.
- insulating material — anything that is used as insulation
- intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
- internal-combustion — of or relating to an internal-combustion engine.
- interstellar medium — the matter occurring between the stars of our Galaxy, largely in the spiral arms, and consisting mainly of huge clouds of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen
- interval estimation — the process of estimating a parameter of a given population by specifying an interval of values and the probability that the true value of the parameter falls within this interval.
- isenheim altarpiece — an altarpiece (1510?–15?) painted by Matthias Grünewald.
- jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
- jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
- jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed.
- jumping plant louse — any of numerous lice, of the family Psyllidae, that feed on plant juices and are sometimes pests of fruits and vegetables.