19-letter words containing o, r, d, i, n, e
- drawing-room comedy — a light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society.
- dred scott decision — Barbara Ann, 1928–2012, Canadian figure skater.
- drink the health of — to salute or celebrate with a toast
- dwight d eisenhower — Dwight David ("Ike") 1890–1969, U.S. general and statesman: Chief of Staff 1945–48; 34th president of the U.S. 1953–61.
- east dunbartonshire — a council area of central Scotland to the N of Glasgow: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 until 1996: mainly agricultural and residential. Administrative centre: Kirkintilloch. Pop: 106 970 (2003 est). Area: 172 sq km (66 sq miles)
- educational adviser — a person who provides advice and training to teachers about teaching methods and educational policies
- 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.
- electroconductivity — Electrical conductivity.
- electrode potential — the potential difference developed when an electrode of an element is placed in a solution containing ions of that element
- electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
- electronic keyboard — a typewriter keyboard used to operate an electronic device such as a computer, word processor, etc
- end of transmission — (character) (EOT) The mnemonic for ASCII character 4.
- endowment insurance — Endowment insurance is a type of life insurance that pays a particular sum directly to the policyholder at a stated date, or to a beneficiary if the policyholder dies before this date.
- environmental audit — the systematic examination of an organization's interaction with the environment, to assess the success of its conservation or antipollution programme
- error-based testing — (programming) Testing where information about programming style, error-prone language constructs, and other programming knowledge is applied to select test data capable of detecting faults, either a specified class of faults or all possible faults.
- euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
- expeditionary force — An expeditionary force is a group of soldiers who are sent to fight in a foreign country.
- extendible compiler — (language) (ETC) A Fortran-like compiler that can be extended with macros.
- exterior decoration — the painting of the outside of a building
- extradition warrant — a warrant for somebody's extradition
- first-sale doctrine — a legal principle allowing the purchaser of a lawfully made copy of a copyright-protected work to sell or give away that copy without permission but not to reproduce it.
- fixed cost contract — a contract in which the costs do not vary
- fixed-term contract — a contract for a particular and fixed period
- florida velvet bean — a tropical vine, Mucuna deeringiana, of the legume family, having showy, purple flowers in drooping clusters and black, hairy pods: grown as an ornamental.
- forward engineering — (process) The traditional process of moving from high-level abstractions and logical, implementation-independent designs to the physical implementation of a system. Contrast reverse engineering.
- forward integration — the acquisition of all or part of a distribution chain by a firm that sells the goods distributed, so that the firm becomes or become closer to the direct seller of the goods
- free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
- free alongside ship — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
- friend of the court — amicus curiae.
- front-end financing — money or costs required or incurred in advance of a project in order to get it under way
- galactic coordinate — Usually, galactic coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates that define the position of a celestial body with reference to the Milky Way.
- gentile da fabriano — 1370?–1427, Italian painter.
- geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
- gigabits per second — (unit) (Gbps) A unit of information transfer rate equal to one billion bits per second. Note that, while a gigabit is defined as a power of two (2^30 bits), a gigabit per second is defined as a power of ten (10^9 bits per second, which is slightly less) than 2^30).
- give one credit for — to commend one for
- go round in circles — to engage in energetic but fruitless activity
- godfrey of bouillon — (Duke of Lower Lorraine) 1060?–1100, French leader of the First Crusade 1096–99.
- golden lion tamarin — a monkey, Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia, of tropical rain forests of southeastern Brazil, having a silky golden coat and a long golden mane: threatened with extinction.
- goods received note — a document created by a buyer on receipt of merchandise and which describes each good and details the quantity of each received
- grade point average — a measure of scholastic attainment computed by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number of credits or hours of course work taken.
- grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
- gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
- great idaean mother — Cybele.
- grievance procedure — the established series of steps to be taken in dealing with a grievance raised with an employer by an employee
- grosse pointe woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- ground-plane aerial — a quarter-wave vertical dipole aerial in which the electrical image forming the other quarter-wave section is formed by reflection in a system of radially disposed metal rods or in a conductive sheet
- have an ax to grind — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
- heel-and-toe racing — race walking.
- henry david thoreau — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
- hildegard of bingen — Hildegard von (Hildegard of Bingen"Sibyl of the Rhine") 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.