19-letter words containing n, u, o, c

screen actors guild — a labor union for motion-picture performers, founded in 1933. Abbreviation: SAG.
secondary education — education at high-school level
secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
secondary structure — the arrangement of a polypeptide into a regular alpha helix, beta structure, or random coil configuration by the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds along the length of the chain.
self-congratulating — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
self-congratulation — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
self-congratulatory — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
self-reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
semibituminous coal — a coal intermediate between bituminous and anthracite coal in hardness, yielding the maximum heat of any ordinary steam coal.
semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
senatorial courtesy — the practice in the U.S. Senate of confirming only those presidential appointees approved by both senators from the state of the appointee, or by the senior senator of the president's party.
sensitometric curve — characteristic curve.
sentential function — an expression that contains one or more variables and becomes meaningful when suitable constant terms are substituted for them.
sexual inter-course — genital contact, especially the insertion of the penis into the vagina followed by orgasm; coitus; copulation.
sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
sound effects woman — a woman who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
south african dutch — the Boers.
south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
south san francisco — a city in central California.
southern crab apple — a tree, Malus angustifolia, of the eastern U.S., having oblong leaves, fragrant, pink or rose-colored flowers, and small, round, yellow-green fruit.
specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
sphere of influence — any area in which one nation wields dominant power over another or others.
stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
stick to one's guns — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
strict counterpoint — the application of the rules of counterpoint as an academic exercise
subsistence economy — an economy which produces only enough output for its own consumption and does not attempt to accumulate wealth
substitution cipher — a cipher that replaces letters of the plain text with another set of letters or symbols.
succession of crops — the continuous cultivation of a crop throughout a season by successive plantings or by the use of varieties with different rates of growth.
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)
swimming instructor — sb who teaches people to swim
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.
take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
tanizaki jun-ichiro — 1886–1965, Japanese novelist, whose works, such as Some Prefer Nettles (1929) and The Makioka Sisters (1943–48), reflect the tension between Western values and Japanese traditions
tehachapi mountains — a transverse (E–W) mountain range in S central California. Highest peak, Double Mountain, 7982 feet (2433 meters).
the channel country — an area of E central Australia, in SW Queensland: crossed by intermittent rivers and subject to both flooding and long periods of drought
the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
the finishing touch — If you add the finishing touches to something, you add or do the last things that are necessary to complete it.
the four corners of — You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other.
the vatican council — the second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, also known as Vatican II, which sat from 1962 to 1965, and among other things allowed the liturgy to be said in the local language, not Latin
therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
to change your tune — If you say that someone has changed their tune, you are criticizing them because they have changed their opinion or way of doing things.
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 rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
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.
to the exclusion of — If you do one thing to the exclusion of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all.
torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube

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