19-letter words containing o, s, c, i, t

bernstein condition — (parallel) Processes cannot execute in parallel if one effects values used by the other. Nor can they execute in parallel if any subsequent process uses data effected by both, i.e. whose value might depend on the order of execution.
bicarbonate of soda — Bicarbonate of soda is a white powder which is used in baking to make cakes rise, and also as a medicine for your stomach.
bill of particulars — an itemized statement of claims or counterclaims provided to the opposing party of a lawsuit
binocular disparity — the small differences in the positions of the parts of the images falling on each eye that results when each eye views the scene from a slightly different position; these differences make stereoscopic vision possible
bismuth oxychloride — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, BiOCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of pigments, face powders, and artificial pearls.
bloodstock industry — the breeding and training of racehorses
blue-ringed octopus — a highly venomous octopus, Octopus maculosus, of E Australia which exhibits blue bands on its tentacles when disturbed
bordering countries — countries that share a border with a particular country
box-office receipts — the money earned from ticket sales for a film or play
bracket abstraction — (compiler) An algorithm which turns a term into a function of some variable. The result of using bracket abstraction on T with respect to variable v, written as [v]T, is a term containing no occurrences of v and denoting a function f such that f v = T. This defines the function f = (\ v . T). Using bracket abstraction and currying we can define a language without bound variables in which the only operation is monadic function application. See combinator.
business accounting — the keeping of detailed accounts relating to a business or businesses
cairngorm mountains — a mountain range of NE Scotland: part of the Grampians. Highest peak: Ben Macdui, 1309 m (4296 ft); designated a national park in 2003
cape-disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
captain abstraction — The champion of the principles of abstraction and modularity, who protects unwary students on MIT's course 6.001 from the nefarious designs of Sergeant Spaghetticode and his vile concrete programming practices. See also spaghetti code.
captain of industry — You can refer to the owners or senior managers of industrial companies as captains of industry.
captains courageous — a novel (1897) by Rudyard Kipling.
carbon steel piping — Carbon steel piping is pipes made of steel with carbon as the main alloying component, used for transporting fluids.
cask of amontillado — a short story (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe.
cast one's lot with — one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
cathodoluminescence — luminescence caused by irradiation with electrons (cathode rays)
celestial longitude — the angular distance measured eastwards from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the ecliptic with the great circle passing through a celestial body and the poles of the ecliptic
central reservation — The central reservation is the strip of ground, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a major road.
cerebral thrombosis — formation of a clot or other blockage in one of the blood vessels of the brain, often followed by neurologic damage; a type of stroke.
chamber of deputies — the lower house of the legislature of certain countries, as Italy.
champagne socialist — a professed socialist who enjoys an extravagant lifestyle
characteristic root — a scalar for which there exists a nonzero vector such that the scalar times the vector equals the value of the vector under a given linear transformation on a vector space.
chassis dynamometer — A chassis dynamometer is a piece of test equipment fitted with rollers for the wheels of a vehicle, that is capable of providing drive input and measuring output such as power and torque at the wheels.
chemical castration — the use of drugs to reduce libido
chinese tallow tree — tallow tree.
cholecystolithiasis — The presence of a gallstone specifically in the gall bladder.
choledocholithiasis — The presence of gallstones in the common bile duct.
chrestien de troyes — c1140–c90, French poet.
christian democracy — the beliefs, principles, practices, or programme of a Christian Democratic party
christian socialist — a member of any of certain European political parties advocating a form of social organization based on Christian and socialistic principles.
christmas pantomime — pantomime (def 5).
chromoblastomycosis — Long-term fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
cisco systems, inc. — (company) Ethernet hardware manufacturers. Address: 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706, USA. Telephone: +1 408 526 4000, +1 800 553 6387. Fax: +1 408 526 4100.
city of seven hills — Rome2
city of westminster — a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: contains the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Pop: 222 000 (2003 est). Area: 22 sq km (8 sq miles)
claims investigator — A claims investigator is a person who is employed by an insurance company to obtain information necessary to evaluate a claim.
claims notification — Claims notification is the process of informing an insurance company that a loss has occurred and that the policyholder intends to ask for money as a result.
class action (suit) — a legal action brought by one or more persons on behalf of themselves and a much larger group, all of whom have the same grounds for action
classroom assistant — a person whose job is to help a schoolteacher in the classroom
client-server model — client-server
cobaltous hydroxide — a rose-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, Co 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the preparation of cobalt salts and in the manufacture of paint and varnish driers.
coca colonization's — to bring (a foreign country) under the influence of U.S. trade, popular culture, and attitudes.
collective security — a system of maintaining world peace and security by concerted action on the part of the nations of the world
collision detection — (networking) A class of methods for sharing a data transmission medium in which hosts transmit as soon as they have data to send and then check to see whether their transmission has suffered a collision with another host's. If a collision is detected then the data must be resent. The resending algorithm should try to minimise the chance that two hosts's data will repeatedly collide. For example, the CSMA/CD protocol used on Ethernet specifies that they should then wait for a random time before re-transmitting. See also backoff. This contrasts with slotted protocols and token passing.
come into one's own — to become fulfilled
come to sb's notice — If something comes to your notice, you become aware of it.

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