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19-letter words containing r, o, m, i, e

  • representationalism — Also called representative realism. Epistemology. the view that the objects of perception are ideas or sense data that represent external objects, especially the Lockean doctrine that the perceived idea represents exactly the primary qualities of the external object.
  • republic of vietnam — the name (from 1955–75) for South Vietnam, as an independent republic, following the division of the country in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
  • resistance movement — a movement fighting (for freedom, etc), often secretly or illegally, against an invader in an occupied country or against the country's government, etc
  • respiratory pigment — any of several colored protein substances, as hemoglobin and hemocyanin, in the circulatory system of animals and some plants, that combine reversibly with oxygen that is carried to the tissues
  • restriction enzymes — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA molecules at specific sites: used for gene splicing in recombinant DNA technology and for chromosome mapping.
  • reticular formation — a network of neurons in the brainstem involved in consciousness, regulation of breathing, the transmission of sensory stimuli to higher brain centers, and the constantly shifting muscular activity that supports the body against gravity.
  • riemannian geometry — Also called elliptic geometry. the branch of non-Euclidean geometry that replaces the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry with the postulate that in a plane every pair of distinct lines intersects. Compare hyperbolic geometry.
  • ring someone's bell — a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
  • romanian tenderloin — a cut of beef consisting of the diaphragm muscle.
  • room-temperature iq — (abuse)   (IBM) 80 or below. Used in describing the expected intelligence range of the luser. "Well, but how's this interface going to play with the room-temperature IQ crowd?" This is a much more insulting phrase in countries that use Celsius thermometers. See drool-proof paper.
  • samoa standard time — a standard time used in the zone which includes American Samoa, corresponding to the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west of Greenwich, England: it is eleven hours behind Greenwich time
  • sb's spiritual home — your spiritual home is the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there
  • self-administration — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
  • self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
  • self-transformation — the act or process of transforming.
  • semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
  • seminiferous tubule — any of the coiled tubules of the testis in which spermatozoa are produced.
  • semipalmated plover — a New World plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, having a black ring around the chest and semipalmate feet, inhabiting beaches and salt marshes.
  • sensitometric curve — characteristic curve.
  • seven hills of rome — the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built: the Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Caelian, Aventine, Esquiline, and Viminal
  • sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
  • simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
  • simple closed curve — a curve that is closed and that has no loops or points missing; a curve for which there exists a homeomorphism mapping it to a circle.
  • smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
  • smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
  • sodium hydrosulfite — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na 2 S 2 O 4 , used as a reducing agent, especially in dyeing, and as a bleach.
  • 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.
  • someone's writ runs — someone has power or authority of a specified kind or scope
  • 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.
  • stationers' company — a company or guild of the city of London composed of booksellers, printers, dealers in writing materials, etc., incorporated in 1557.
  • steamroller tactics — repressive tactics
  • sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
  • store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
  • streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
  • strontium hydroxide — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, Sr(OH) 2 , or its crystalline octahydrate (strontium hydrate) used chiefly in the refining of beet sugar.
  • superiority complex — an exaggerated feeling of one's own superiority.
  • supreme de volaille — suprême (def 2).
  • 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.
  • synchronous machine — an alternating-current machine in which the average speed of normal operation is exactly proportional to the frequency of the system to which it is connected.
  • take my word for it — If you say to someone 'take my word for it', you mean that they should believe you because you are telling the truth.
  • taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
  • 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
  • that's more like it — If you say that's more like it, you mean that the thing that you are referring to is more satisfactory than it was on earlier occasions.
  • the admiralty board — (formerly) a department of the British Ministry of Defence, responsible for the administration and planning of the Royal Navy
  • the almighty dollar — money regarded figuratively as a god, or source of great power
  • the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • the great mentioner — the phenomenon whereby certain people are rumoured to be possible presidential or gubernatorial candidates before the rumour is denied or endorsed
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