19-letter words containing o, s, e, l

electrodynamometers — Plural form of electrodynamometer.
electroluminescence — Luminescence produced electrically, especially in a phosphor by the application of a voltage.
electron microscope — An electron microscope is a type of very powerful microscope that uses electrons instead of light to produce a magnified image of something.
electronegativities — Plural form of electronegativity.
electronic graphics — (on television) the production of graphic designs and text by electronic means
electrophysiologist — A physiologist whose speciality is electrophysiology.
electrostatic field — an electric field associated with static electric charges
electrostatic units — the system of CGS electric and magnetic units that assigns the value of one to the dielectric constant of a vacuum
electrotherapeutics — (medicine) the use of electricity in therapeutics.
end-to-end solution — (jargon) (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution.
english toy spaniel — breed of dog
equal opportunities — Equal opportunities refers to the policy of giving everyone the same opportunities for employment, pay and promotion, without discriminating against particular groups.
estate of the realm — an order or class of persons in a political community, regarded collectively as a part of the body politic: usually regarded as being the lords temporal (peers), lords spiritual, and commons
evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
exclusion principle — Pauli exclusion principle
exhibitionistically — In an exhibitionistic manner.
expressionistically — In an expressionistic manner.
false consciousness — a Marxist theory that people are unable to see things, especially exploitation, oppression, and social relations, as they really are; the hypothesized inability of the human mind to develop a sophisticated awareness of how it is developed and shaped by circumstances.
feel (like) oneself — to feel normally healthy, fit, etc.
feel in one's bones — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
feel strongly about — to have decided opinions concerning
fellow-servant rule — the common-law rule that the employer is not liable to an employee for injuries resulting from the negligence of a fellow employee.
female circumcision — clitoridectomy.
female impersonator — a male performer who dresses as and impersonates women.
finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
first international — a socialistic organization (1864–76) formed to unite and promote the interests of workers throughout the world. Compare international (def 6).
first person plural — a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used by the speaker to refer to or talk about himself together with others
first world problem — a fairly minor problem, frustrating situation, or complaint associated with a relatively high standard of living, as opposed to the more serious problems associated with poverty: I’m bored with all my electronic gadgets—such a first world problem!
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.
five o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
five-o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
flame-of-the-forest — a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa, native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers
flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
flexible kelly hose — A flexible kelly hose is a hose which carries mud to the kelly.
floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.
fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
foregone conclusion — an inevitable conclusion or result.
four eyes principle — the requirement that a business transaction be approved by at least two individuals
fractal compression — (algorithm) A technique for encoding images using fractals.
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
functional database — (database, language) A database which uses a functional language as its query language. Databases would seem to be an inappropriate application for functional languages since, a purely functional language would have to return a new copy of the entire database every time (part of) it was updated. To be practically scalable, the update mechanism must clearly be destructive rather than functional; however it is quite feasible for the query language to be purely functional so long as the database is considered as an argument. One approach to the update problem would use a monad to encapsulate database access and ensure it was single threaded. Alternative approaches have been suggested by Trinder, who suggests non-destructive updating with shared data structures, and Sutton who uses a variant of a Phil Wadler's linear type system. There are two main classes of functional database languages. The first is based upon Backus' FP language, of which FQL is probably the best known example. Adaplan is a more recent language which falls into this category. More recently, people have been working on languages which are syntactically very similar to modern functional programming languages, but which also provide all of the features of a database language, e.g. bulk data structures which can be incrementally updated, type systems which can be incrementally updated, and all data persisting in a database. Examples are PFL [Poulovassilis&Small, VLDB-91], and Machiavelli [Ohori et al, ACM SIGMOD Conference, 1998].
gallipoli peninsula — peninsula in S European Turkey, forming the NW shore of the Dardanelles: c. 55 mi (89 km) long
gastrocolic omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
gastroenterocolitis — (medicine) inflammation of the stomach, small intestines, and colon.
gastroenterological — Of or pertaining to gastroenterology.

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