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19-letter words containing s, a, y, i

  • narcotics anonymous — an organization that helps drug users recover from drug addiction
  • nasty piece of work — malicious person
  • necessary condition — prerequisite
  • neuropsychodynamics — The theoretical synthesis of neuroscience and psychodynamics.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • nine--days---wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
  • non-transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • not by a long sight — on no account; not at all
  • 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.
  • one's pride and joy — Someone or something that is your pride and joy is very important to you and makes you feel very happy.
  • orthopaedic surgery — surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
  • over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
  • palisade parenchyma — the upper layer of ground tissue in a leaf, consisting of elongated cells beneath and perpendicular to the upper epidermis and constituting the primary area of photosynthesis.
  • parasympathomimetic — having an effect similar to that produced when the parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated
  • participatory sport — a sport in which people take part, (as opposed to a spectator sport)
  • parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
  • peninsular malaysia — part of Malaysia, on the Malay Peninsula: consists of the former Federated Malay States, the former Unfederated Malay States, and the former Straits Settlements. Capital: Kuala Lumpur. Pop: 17 144 322 (2000). Area: 131 587 sq km (50 806 sq miles)
  • peritoneal dialysis — a form of dialysis in which the peritoneum is used as an autogenous semipermeable membrane
  • peroxysulfuric acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
  • personal stationery — headed notepaper
  • physical addressing — (networking)   The low level addressing scheme used on Ethernet. The 48-bit destination Ethernet address in a packet is compared with the receiving node's Ethernet address. Compare IP address.
  • physical impairment — A physical impairment is a condition in which a part of a person's body is damaged or is not working properly.
  • physical sequential — (file format)   (PS, QSAM, Queued Sequential Access Method) The simplest data set on an IBM mainframe. Sequential files can only be read or written from the beginning: they do not support random access.
  • physically impaired — with reduced or weakened physical capacity
  • physician assistant — a person trained and certified to perform various medical procedures under the supervision of a physician
  • piggyback investing — Piggyback investing is a situation in which a broker repeats a trade on his own behalf immediately after trading for an investor, because he thinks the investor may have inside information.
  • play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
  • polyphosphoric acid — any one of a series of oxyacids of phosphorus with the general formula Hn+2PnO3n+1. The first member is pyrophosphoric acid (n = 2) and the series includes the highly polymeric metaphosphoric acid. The higher acids exist in an equilibrium mixture
  • popular sovereignty — the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
  • posterior pituitary — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
  • postsynchronization — the process of adding sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting or videotaping is completed
  • potassium hydroxide — a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, KOH, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, or pellets, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, as a laboratory reagent, and as a caustic.
  • pretty as a picture — girl: sweetly attractive
  • profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
  • pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
  • psychological novel — a novel that focuses on the complex mental and emotional lives of its characters and explores the various levels of mental activity.
  • psychophysiological — of or relating to psychophysiology.
  • psychotechnological — of or relating to psychotechnology
  • psychrometric chart — a chart for calculating values of relative humidity, absolute humidity, and dew point from psychrometer readings.
  • puerperal psychosis — a mental disorder sometimes occurring in women after childbirth, characterized by deep depression, delusions of the child's death, and homicidal feelings towards the child
  • pyorrhea alveolaris — a chronic periodontitis of the gums and tooth sockets, characterized by the formation of pus and, usually, by loosening of the teeth
  • pyorrhea-alveolaris — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
  • pyrenees-orientales — a department in S France. 1600 sq. mi. (4145 sq. km). Capital: Perpignan.
  • pyrophosphoric acid — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, H 4 P 2 O 7 , formed by the union of one molecule of phosphorus pentoxide with two molecules of water.
  • rayleigh scattering — the scattering of light by particles that are very small in relation to the wavelength of the light, and in which the intensity of the scattered light varies inversely with the fourth power of the wavelength.
  • recording secretary — an officer charged with keeping the minutes of meetings and responsible for the records.
  • refreshable display — braille display
  • regression analysis — Statistics. a procedure for determining a relationship between a dependent variable, as predicted success in college, and an independent variable, as a score on a scholastic aptitude test, for a given population. The relationship is expressed as an equation for a line (regres·sion·line) or curve (regres·sion·curve) in which any coefficient (regression coefficient) of the independent variable in the equation has been determined from a sample population.
  • respiratory failure — a condition in which the respiratory system is unable to provide an adequate supply of oxygen or to remove carbon dioxide efficiently
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