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19-letter words containing m, y, s

  • strawberry geranium — a plant, Saxifraga stolonifera (or S. sarmentosa), of the saxifrage family, native to eastern Asia, that has rounded, variegated leaves and numerous threadlike stolons and is frequently cultivated as a houseplant.
  • strontium hydroxide — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, Sr(OH) 2 , or its crystalline octahydrate (strontium hydrate) used chiefly in the refining of beet sugar.
  • subsistence economy — an economy which produces only enough output for its own consumption and does not attempt to accumulate wealth
  • superiority complex — an exaggerated feeling of one's own superiority.
  • supplementary angle — either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 180°.
  • supplementary story — follow-up (def 3b).
  • suspension geometry — Suspension geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a suspension system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
  • suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
  • sympathetic contact — behavior toward an individual based on the individual's personal makeup rather than on his or her group membership.
  • symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
  • synchromesh gearbox — A synchromesh gearbox is a usually manually operated transmission in which a change of gears takes place between gears that are already revolving at the same speed.
  • synchronous machine — an alternating-current machine in which the average speed of normal operation is exactly proportional to the frequency of the system to which it is connected.
  • system requirements — specifications needed to run a program
  • systems engineering — an engineer who specializes in the implementation of production systems.
  • tall poppy syndrome — a tendency to disparage any person who has achieved great prominence or wealth
  • tetramethyldiarsine — an oily slightly water-soluble poisonous liquid with garlic-like odour. Its derivatives are used as accelerators for rubber
  • the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
  • to lose your temper — If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
  • to suck someone dry — If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
  • tourette's syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.
  • trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
  • ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
  • volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
  • wade-giles (system) — a system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Latin alphabet, in wide use esp. before Pinyin was adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979
  • wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
  • welsh mountain pony — a small sturdy but graceful breed of pony used mostly for riding, originally from Wales
  • wesleyan methodists — a branch of the Methodist Church in its original form
  • withdrawal symptoms — When someone has withdrawal symptoms, they feel ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to.
  • withdrawal syndrome — a spectrum of physical and behavioral symptoms following cessation from the continuous use of an addictive drug, the character and severity of the symptoms depending upon the particular drug and the daily dose.
  • yablonovy mountains — a mountain range in Siberia. Highest peak: 1680 m (5512 ft)
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