19-letter words containing p, r, i, m, t
- shipping department — a department in a company responsible for arranging, receiving, recording, and sending shipments of goods
- simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
- smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
- sodium hypochlorite — a pale-green, crystalline compound, NaOCl, unstable in air, soluble in cold water, decomposes in hot water: used as a bleaching agent for paper and textiles, in water purification, in household use, and as a fungicide.
- southern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.
- spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
- spin quantum number — the quantum number that designates the total angular momentum associated with electron spin and has a value of ½ in units of h /2π.
- standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
- stationers' company — a company or guild of the city of London composed of booksellers, printers, dealers in writing materials, etc., incorporated in 1557.
- streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
- superiority complex — an exaggerated feeling of one's own superiority.
- suspension geometry — Suspension geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a suspension system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
- suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
- symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
- take a running jump — a contemptuous expression of dismissal
- tamper-evident seal — A tamper-evident seal is a sealing device designed to reveal if the opening of a container has been interfered with.
- telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
- termtime employment — employment undertaken by a student during the period in which a college or university is in session
- the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
- the hampshire downs — a range of low chalk hills that crosses Hampshire in S England
- the pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
- tie-clip microphone — a small microphone that is clipped to a person's tie
- time sharing option — (operating system) (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
- trisodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
- tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
- 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.
- velocity microphone — a microphone in which the output varies according to the instantaneous velocity of the air molecules in the incident sound waves.
- withdrawal symptoms — When someone has withdrawal symptoms, they feel ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to.