19-letter words containing r, m, e
- isidorus of miletus — flourished 6th century a.d, Byzantine engineer. He was one of the architects of Hagia Sophia; (originally an Orthodox cathedral and currently a museum in Istanbul, Turkey).
- jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
- james clerk maxwell — Elsa, 1883–1963, U.S. professional hostess and author.
- jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
- jeweler's saw frame — a U -shaped steel frame with a handle and clamps that hold a piercing saw.
- jimenez de cisneros — Francisco [frahn-thees-kaw] /frɑnˈθis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1436–1517, Spanish cardinal and statesman.
- job creation scheme — a governmental scheme to increase the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc
- john maynard keynes — John Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.
- joseph of arimathea — a wealthy disciple who provided a tomb for Jesus' body: Matt. 27:57-60
- jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed.
- junior bantamweight — a boxer weighing up to 115 pounds (51.7 kg), between flyweight and bantamweight.
- junior middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 154 pounds (69.3 kg), between welterweight and middleweight.
- keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
- king's remembrancer — (in Great Britain) a judiciary official who collects debts owed to the king.
- kingdom of lorraine — an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
- knock-out agreement — an agreement between bidders at an auction or sale not to bid against each other
- lady baltimore cake — a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.
- large munsterlander — a strongly built gun dog with a long dense black-and-white coat
- lateral line system — a system of sensory organs in fishes and aquatic amphibians consisting of a series of cells on the head and along the sides of the body that detect pressure changes and vibrations
- lay down one's arms — to stop fighting; surrender
- lead someone astray — If someone or something leads you astray, they make you believe something that is not true, causing you to make a wrong decision.
- leading aircraftman — the rank above aircraftman
- leveling instrument — an instrument used to establish a horizontal line of sight, usually by means of a spirit level.
- licensing agreement — an agreement that sets out the fees and terms of use for something available only under licence
- life-support system — A life-support system is the same as a life-support machine.
- light entertainment — entertainment that requires less mental effort to enjoy, or is considered frivolous
- limit of resolution — the capacity of an optical system to resolve point objects as separate images.
- limited partnership — a partnership formed by at least one general partner and at least one special partner.
- line of demarcation — a separation between things deemed to be distinct
- liouville's theorem — the theorem that every function of a complex variable, bounded and differentiable for all finite values of the variable, is a constant function.
- lobster-tail helmet — a burgonet fitted with a long, articulated tail of lames for protecting the nape of the neck, worn by cavalry in the 17th century.
- local area terminal — (protocol) (LAT) A DECnet-related, non-routable network protocol.
- locomotive engineer — engineer (def 3).
- locomotive workshop — a place where locomotives are built or repaired
- logical unit number — (storage) (LUN) A 3-bit identifier used on a SCSI bus to distinguish between up to eight devices (logical units) with the same SCSI ID.
- lord baltimore cake — a yellow layer cake, using only the yolks of eggs and having a fruit-nut filling consisting of pecans, almonds, maraschino cherries, and macaroon crumbs.
- lucia di lammermoor — an opera (1835) by Gaetano Donizetti, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor.
- lupus erythematosus — any of several autoimmune diseases, especially systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by red, scaly skin patches.
- luteinizing hormone — LH.
- lymphoproliferation — (medicine) the excessive production of lymphocytes.
- lymphoproliferative — Characterized by lymphoproliferation.
- lyon office of arms — Heralds' Office.
- macaroni and cheese — pasta with cheese sauce
- machine instruction — (programming) The smallest element of a machine code program.
- machine translation — changing language of a text by computer
- maestro di cappella — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp a private one attached to the palace of a prince in Italy during the baroque period
- magnesium carbonate — a white powder, MgCO 3 , insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in acids, used in dentifrices and cosmetics, in medicine as an antacid, and as a refractory material.
- magnesium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, Mg(OH) 2 , used chiefly in medicine as an antacid and as a laxative.
- magnetic hysteresis — hysteresis in a ferromagnetic material; the lag in the response of magnetic induction to changes of magnetic intensity.
- magnetic north pole — the point on Earth to where a compass needle points, and which is situated near the geographic North Pole. However, with time, the exact location can vary.