19-letter words containing s, e, n, d, i

endowment insurance — Endowment insurance is a type of life insurance that pays a particular sum directly to the policyholder at a stated date, or to a beneficiary if the policyholder dies before this date.
error-based testing — (programming) Testing where information about programming style, error-prone language constructs, and other programming knowledge is applied to select test data capable of detecting faults, either a specified class of faults or all possible faults.
executive president — a president in certain systems of government who possesses wide powers
extensible database — (database) A DBMS that allows access to data from remote sources as if the remote data were part of the database.
fault-based testing — (testing) Software testing using test data designed to demonstrate the absence of a set of pre-specified faults; typically, frequently occurring faults. For example, to demonstrate that the software handles or avoids divide by zero correctly, the test data would include zero.
feast of dedication — Hanukkah.
finds its/their way — If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.
first-sale doctrine — a legal principle allowing the purchaser of a lawfully made copy of a copyright-protected work to sell or give away that copy without permission but not to reproduce it.
fixed cost contract — a contract in which the costs do not vary
foundation subjects — the subjects studied as part of the National Curriculum, including the compulsory core subjects
francesca da rimini — Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
free alongside ship — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
functional database — (database, language) A database which uses a functional language as its query language. Databases would seem to be an inappropriate application for functional languages since, a purely functional language would have to return a new copy of the entire database every time (part of) it was updated. To be practically scalable, the update mechanism must clearly be destructive rather than functional; however it is quite feasible for the query language to be purely functional so long as the database is considered as an argument. One approach to the update problem would use a monad to encapsulate database access and ensure it was single threaded. Alternative approaches have been suggested by Trinder, who suggests non-destructive updating with shared data structures, and Sutton who uses a variant of a Phil Wadler's linear type system. There are two main classes of functional database languages. The first is based upon Backus' FP language, of which FQL is probably the best known example. Adaplan is a more recent language which falls into this category. More recently, people have been working on languages which are syntactically very similar to modern functional programming languages, but which also provide all of the features of a database language, e.g. bulk data structures which can be incrementally updated, type systems which can be incrementally updated, and all data persisting in a database. Examples are PFL [Poulovassilis&Small, VLDB-91], and Machiavelli [Ohori et al, ACM SIGMOD Conference, 1998].
future date testing — (testing) The process of setting a computer's date to a future date to test a program's (expected or unexpected) date sensitivity. Future date testing only shows the effects of dates on the computer(s) under scrutiny, it does not take into account knock-on effects of dates on other connected systems.
gender reassignment — the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person's physical sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex: Born male, she now lives as a woman but has no plans for a sex change.
gigabits per second — (unit) (Gbps) A unit of information transfer rate equal to one billion bits per second. Note that, while a gigabit is defined as a power of two (2^30 bits), a gigabit per second is defined as a power of ten (10^9 bits per second, which is slightly less) than 2^30).
giovanni da fiesole — Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
giraldus cambrensis — literary name of Gerald de Barri. ?1146–?1223, Welsh chronicler and churchman, noted for his accounts of his travels in Ireland and Wales
go round in circles — to engage in energetic but fruitless activity
goods received note — a document created by a buyer on receipt of merchandise and which describes each good and details the quantity of each received
grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
grandfather's chair — wing chair.
great indian desert — a desert in NW India and S Pakistan. About 77,000 sq. mi. (200,000 sq. km).
grosse pointe woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
have designs on sth — If someone has designs on something, they want it and are planning to get it, often in a dishonest way.
highland clearances — in Scotland, the removal, often by force, of the people from some parts of the Highlands to make way for sheep, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
highways department — the department of a state, council, etc, responsible for the upkeep of roads and highways
holy innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
honorable discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has fulfilled obligations efficiently, honorably, and faithfully.
hotel des invalides — a military hospital built in Paris in the 17th and 18th centuries by Libéral Bruant and J. H. Mansart: famous for its chapel dome, the tomb of Napoleon, and as a military museum.
household insurance — an arrangement in which you pay money to a company, and they pay money to you if your household goods are stolen or damaged
housing development — a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.
hudson river school — a group of American painters of the mid-19th century whose works are characterized by a highly romantic treatment of landscape, especially along the Hudson River.
human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
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
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.
idea of pure reason — any of the three undemonstrable entities (a personal soul, a cosmos, and a supreme being) implicit in the fact of a subject and an object of knowledge, and in the need for some principle uniting them.
imperial presidency — a U.S. presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows.
in consideration of — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
in descending order — starting with the biggest, most important, highest etc and continuing in decreasing order to end with the smallest, least important, lowest, etc
in one's mind's eye — pictured within the mind; imagined or remembered vividly
in one's right mind — sane
in the catbird seat — If you say that someone is in the catbird seat, you think that their situation is very good.
in the driving seat — If you say that someone is in the driving seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation.
in the second place — secondly
in this day and age — these days
in this/that regard — You can use in this regard or in that regard to refer back to something that you have just said.
incidental expenses — costs outside those budgeted
indemnity insurance — insurance covering against damage or loss

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