0%

19-letter words containing s, e, r, i, a, l

  • general anaesthetic — sth administered to induce unconsciousness
  • general linguistics — the study of the characteristics of language in general rather than of a particular language; theoretical, rather than applied, linguistics.
  • general partnership — a partnership in which each of the partners is fully liable for the firm's debts.
  • general post office — (in the U.S. postal system) the main post office of a city, county, etc., that also has branch post offices. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
  • gentleman-pensioner — (formerly) a gentleman-at-arms.
  • gestational carrier — surrogate mother (def 3).
  • 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
  • glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.
  • gold-rimmed glasses — spectacles with gold-coloured frames
  • grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
  • gregorian telescope — a telescope similar in design to the Cassegrainian telescope but less widely used.
  • guillaume de lorris — 13th-century French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung
  • haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
  • health professional — a person trained to work in any field of physical or mental health.
  • heinrich schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
  • hermetically sealed — airtight
  • 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
  • honorable discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has fulfilled obligations efficiently, honorably, and faithfully.
  • horsehair toadstool — a small basidiomycetous fungus, Marasmius androsaceus, having a rusty coloured cap and very slender black stems. It is related to the fairy ring mushroom, but is commonly found among conifers and heather
  • 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
  • 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
  • hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
  • 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.
  • hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
  • imperial presidency — a U.S. presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows.
  • imperial war museum — a museum in London, founded in 1920, containing material related to military operations involving British and Commonwealth forces since 1914
  • impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
  • in particular terms — If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.
  • incommensurableness — (rare) Incommensurability.
  • industrial accident — an accident that happens to an employee of an industrial company during the course of their work
  • industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
  • industrial-strength — unusually strong, potent, or the like: heavy-duty: an industrial-strength soap.
  • infantile paralysis — poliomyelitis.
  • informal settlement — a squatter camp
  • installed user base — user base
  • instrumentalisation — (philosophy) The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
  • instrumentalization — Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.
  • insulating material — anything that is used as insulation
  • inter-institutional — of, relating to, or established by institution.
  • interchangeableness — Quality of being interchangeable.
  • interdisciplinarity — Any academic or scientific study that draws on the expertise of more than one discipline.
  • interfacial tension — the surface tension at the interface of two liquids.
  • intergalactic space — the region of physical space that exists between galaxies. The density is negligible, and close to an almost total vacuum
  • interlaced scanning — a system of scanning a television picture, first along the even-numbered lines, then along the odd-numbered lines, in one complete scan
  • intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
  • internal conversion — the emission of an electron by an atom with an excited nucleus, occurring as a result of the transfer of energy from the nucleus to the electron.
  • internal resistance — the resistance within a battery, or other voltage source, that causes a drop in the source voltage when there is a current.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?