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19-letter words containing p, r, e, c, t, s

  • subtractive process — a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.
  • supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
  • superiority complex — an exaggerated feeling of one's own superiority.
  • surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
  • telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
  • the buck stops here — the ultimate responsibility lies here
  • the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • the pickwick papers — a novel written by the English novelist Charles Dickens(1812--70)
  • theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
  • to be up shit creek — to be in an extremely bad situation
  • transparent context — an expression in which any term may be replaced by another with the same reference without changing its truth-value
  • tropical depression — an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less.
  • 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
  • tussock caterpillar — the larva of a tussock moth.
  • ultracrepidarianism — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • under police escort — If you go somewhere or are taken somewhere under police escort, you go there accompanied by a police escort.
  • universal recipient — a person with blood type AB, able to receive blood from a person of any blood type but able to donate blood only to a person with the same blood type
  • unnatural practices — acts which are deemed to be contrary to expected standards of human behaviour
  • upset the applecart — a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.
  • vicariate apostolic — a district under the jurisdiction of a vicar apostolic.
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