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19-letter words containing s, a, y, o, n, e

  • free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
  • go out of one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • goes without saying — If something goes without saying, it is obvious.
  • green mountain boys — the members of the armed bands of Vermont organized in 1770 to oppose New York's territorial claims. Under Ethan Allen they won fame in the War of American Independence
  • have one's way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • holy innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
  • humanist technology — (philosophy)   Technology centered around the interests, needs, and well-being of humans.
  • hydrostatic balance — a balance for finding the weight of an object submerged in water in order to determine the upthrust on it and thus determine its relative density
  • hyper-nationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
  • hyperbolic cosecant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of hyperbolic sine
  • hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
  • hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
  • impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
  • inorganic chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with inorganic compounds.
  • international style — the general form of architecture developed in the 1920s and 1930s by Gropius, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and others, characterized by simple geometric forms, large untextured, often white, surfaces, large areas of glass, and general use of steel or reinforced concrete construction.
  • isobutyl propionate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used chiefly as a paint, varnish, and lacquer solvent.
  • jamaica honeysuckle — a climbing vine, Passiflora laurifolia, of tropical America, having red-spotted white flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide, with a white and violet-colored crown, and edible yellow fruit.
  • john maynard keynesJohn Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.
  • keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
  • kinematic viscosity — the coefficient of viscosity of a fluid divided by the density, usually measured in stokes.
  • knock someone bandy — to amaze or astound
  • lay down one's arms — to stop fighting; surrender
  • lay one's finger on — to indicate, identify, or locate accurately
  • 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.
  • library of congress — one of the major library collections in the world, located in Washington, D.C., and functioning in some ways as the national library of the U.S. although not officially designated as such: established by Congress in 1800 for service to its members, but now also serving government agencies, other libraries, and the public.
  • lyon office of arms — Heralds' Office.
  • magnesium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, Mg(OH) 2 , used chiefly in medicine as an antacid and as a laxative.
  • mary wollstonecraftMary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
  • molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
  • motorway restaurant — a restaurant on a motorway
  • multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
  • munchausen syndrome — a factitious disorder in which otherwise healthy individuals seek to hospitalize themselves with feigned or self-induced pathology in order to receive surgical or other medical treatment.
  • 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
  • newcastle upon tyne1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
  • 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.
  • north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • north-northeasterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northeast
  • novell data systems — (company)   A small computer hardware company building CP/M Z80-based systems. They later went on to become Novell, Inc. and develop Novell Netware.
  • on an empty stomach — If you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without having eaten.
  • 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.
  • ordnance survey map — An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map-making organization.
  • over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
  • overplay one's hand — If you say that someone is overplaying something such as a problem, you mean that they are making it seem more important than it really is.
  • 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.
  • peritoneal dialysis — a form of dialysis in which the peritoneum is used as an autogenous semipermeable membrane
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