19-letter words containing o, c, t, h, r, n

proton-proton chain — a series of thermonuclear reactions, responsible for the energy production in stars like the sun, in which the nuclei of hydrogen atoms are transformed into helium nuclei by sequential addition of single hydrogen nuclei.
rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
resorcinolphthalein — fluorescein.
reticuloendothelial — pertaining to, resembling, or involving cells of the reticuloendothelial system.
rhetorical question — a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as “What is so rare as a day in June?”.
right circular cone — a cone whose surface is generated by lines joining a fixed point to the points of a circle, the fixed point lying on a perpendicular through the center of the circle.
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.
sandwich generation — the generation of people still raising their children while having to care for their aging parents.
scare the pants off — to scare extremely
scattersite housing — public housing, especially for low-income families, built throughout an urban area rather than being concentrated in a single neighborhood.
social anthropology — study of human culture
south african dutch — the Boers.
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.
spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
st. anthony's cross — a T -shaped cross.
substitution cipher — a cipher that replaces letters of the plain text with another set of letters or symbols.
sweetheart contract — a contract made through collusion between management and labor representatives containing terms beneficial to management and detrimental to union workers.
symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
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
telephone directory — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
tetrachloroethylene — a colorless, nonflammable, nonexplosive liquid, C 2 Cl 4 , used as a solvent, especially in dry cleaning.
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 eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
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 mathworks, inc. — (company) The company marketing MATLAB. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2098 USA. Telephone: +1 (508) 647-7000. Fax: +1 (508) 647-7101.
the patriotic front — a political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 2001 as a coalition of two communist parties, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which had worked together to fight against White minority rule in Rhodesia
the world of cryton — (TWOC) A BBS for the Acorn Archimedes. Telephone: +44 (1749) 670 030 (24hrs, most speeds).
therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
thermionic emission — the emission of electrons from very hot solids or liquids: used for producing electrons in valves, electron microscopes, X-ray tubes, etc
throw cold water on — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
tie-clip microphone — a small microphone that is clipped to a person's tie
to be in the charts — (of a record or pop group) to be popular
to be reckoned with — of considerable importance or influence
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 ring the changes — If you say that someone rings the changes, you mean that they make changes or improvements to the way something is organized or done.
toshiba corporation — (company) A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, consumer products and medical diagnostic imaging equipment. In FY 2003-4, Toshiba employed 161,286 people.
trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
trickle-down theory — an economic theory that monetary benefits directed especially by the government to big business will in turn pass down to and profit smaller businesses and the general public.
trooping the colour — a military ceremony, performed by regiments of the British army and the Commonwealth, in which the regimental colour or flag is marched past ranks of troops
trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
trusteeship council — a United Nations body that supervises the government of a territory by a foreign country
turn of the century — point when one century becomes another
velocity microphone — a microphone in which the output varies according to the instantaneous velocity of the air molecules in the incident sound waves.
wearable technology — a small computer or advanced electronic device that is worn or carried on the body: the trendiest wearable technologies.
white-winged scoter — a blackish North American duck, Melanitta deglandi, having a white patch on each wing.
with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
write-protect notch — a cut-out on a floppy disk that determines whether a disk is writable

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