19-letter words containing o, u, s, t
- molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
- molecular biologist — a specialist in the study of biological phenomena at the molecular level
- montezuma's revenge — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.
- mother-of-thousands — strawberry geranium.
- motorway restaurant — a restaurant on a motorway
- mount desert island — an island off the coast of E central Maine: summer resort; forms part of Acadia National Park. 14 miles (23 km) long; 8 miles (13 km) wide.
- multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
- multiplication sign — Arithmetic. the symbol (⋅), (×), or (∗) between two mathematical expressions, denoting multiplication of the second expression by the first. In certain algebraic notations the sign is suppressed and multiplication is indicated by immediate juxtaposition or contiguity, as in ab.
- mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
- music to one's ears — something that is very pleasant to hear
- muster in (or out) — to enlist in (or discharge from) military service
- mutual masturbation — the act of two or more people masturbating each other
- narcotics anonymous — an organization that helps drug users recover from drug addiction
- natural catastrophe — A natural catastrophe is an unexpected event, caused by nature, such as an earthquake or flood, in which there is a lot of suffering, damage, or death.
- neurotransmissional — Relating to neurotransmission.
- new year resolution — a promise to yourself or decision to do something, especially to improve one's behaviour or lifestyle in some way, during the year ahead
- new york university — (NYU) Established in 1831, New York University today includes thirteen schools, colleges and divisions located in New York City's borough of Manhattan, as well as research centers and programs in the surrounding suburbs and abroad.
- newcastle upon tyne — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- nine plus two array — the arrangement of microtubules in a flagellum or cilium, consisting of a ring of nine evenly spaced couplets surrounding two central singlets. Symbol: 9 + 2.
- nominative absolute — a construction consisting in English of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in the nominative case followed by a predicate lacking a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence, as the play done in The play done, the audience left the theater.
- non-contemporaneous — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- normal distribution — a theoretical frequency distribution represented by a normal curve.
- northern hog sucker — black sucker.
- noughts and crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
- noughts-and-crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
- nuits-saint-georges — a fine red wine produced near the town of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Burgundy
- objectfuscated code — (humour, programming) Object-oriented code which has been abstracted to so many levels that no-one can understand it anymore. A play on obfuscated code.
- oil-catalyst slurry — Oil-catalyst slurry is a heavy aromatic by-product of a refinery's fluid catalytic cracking unit, that forms a small part of global fuel oil supply.
- old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- ole custom controls — (programming) (OCX) An Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) custom control allowing infinite extension of the Microsoft Access control set. OCX is similar in purpose to VBX used in Visual Basic. Available OCX's include "Scroll Bar Control", "Calendar Control", and "Data Outline Control".
- olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
- optical double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
- orthopaedic surgery — surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
- oscillating circuit — a circuit producing electrical oscillations.
- ousterhout, john k. — John Ousterhout
- out at (the) elbows — shabby; poverty-stricken
- out of the question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- outstation movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
- particular solution — a solution of a differential equation containing no arbitrary constants.
- pastoral counseling — the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.
- penecontemporaneous — formed during or shortly after the formation of the containing rock stratum: penecontemporaneous minerals.
- persecution complex — an acute irrational fear that other people are plotting one's downfall and that they are responsible for one's failures
- phacoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
- phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
- pleased to meet you — greeting
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- pointe-aux-trembles — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- police headquarters — building where police are stationed