19-letter words containing s, e, r, m, o, n

minor seventh chord — a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
mischaracterization — The act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way.
molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
montezuma's revenge — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.
moses-in-the-cradle — a plant, Rhoeo spathacea, native to the West Indies and Central America, having leaves with purple undersides and white flowers enclosed in a boat-shaped envelope formed by two bracts.
most favored nation — a nation to which privileges of trade are extended under a government policy of giving the same privileges to all nations that are given to any one of them, sometimes depending on whether certain conditions, as of reciprocity, are met
most-favored-nation — of or relating to the status, treatment, terms, etc., that are embodied in or conferred by a most-favored-nation clause.
mother-of-thousands — strawberry geranium.
motivation research — the application of the knowledge and techniques of the social sciences, especially psychology and sociology, to understanding consumer attitudes and behavior: used as a guide in advertising and marketing.
motor generator set — A motor generator set is an alternating current motor that is attached to a generator.
motorway restaurant — a restaurant on a motorway
mount desert island — an island off the coast of E central Maine: summer resort; forms part of Acadia National Park. 14 miles (23 km) long; 8 miles (13 km) wide.
moving spirit/force — The moving spirit or moving force behind something is the person or thing that caused it to start and to keep going, or that influenced people to take part in it.
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.
mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
music to one's ears — something that is very pleasant to hear
muster in (or out) — to enlist in (or discharge from) military service
nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
nernst heat theorem — the principle that reactions in crystalline solids involve changes in entropy that tend to zero as the temperature approaches absolute zero
network file system — (networking, operating system) (NFS) A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094, which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. This protocol has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de facto standard. NFS is implemented using a connectionless protocol (UDP) in order to make it stateless. See Nightmare File System, WebNFS.
neuropsychodynamics — The theoretical synthesis of neuroscience and psychodynamics.
neurotransmissional — Relating to neurotransmission.
non-contemporaneous — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
non-interventionism — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
northern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator.
notre-dame-de-paris — Also called Notre Dame de Paris [French naw-truh dam duh pa-ree] /French nɔ trə dam də paˈri/ (Show IPA). a famous early gothic cathedral in Paris (started 1163).
oceanus procellarum — (Ocean of Storms) the largest dark plain on the face of the moon, in the second and third quadrants: about 2 million square miles (5.2 million sq. km).
ole custom controls — (programming) (OCX) An Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) custom control allowing infinite extension of the Microsoft Access control set. OCX is similar in purpose to VBX used in Visual Basic. Available OCX's include "Scroll Bar Control", "Calendar Control", and "Data Outline Control".
on first name terms — If two people are on first-name terms, they know each other well enough to call each other by their first names, rather than having to use a more formal title.
on someone's hammer — persistently demanding and critical of someone
one's money's worth — full value for the money one has paid for something
optimising compiler — (programming, tool) compiler which attempts to analyse the code it produces and to produce more efficient code by performing program transformation such as branch elimination, partial evaluation, or peep-hole optimisation. Contrast pessimising compiler.
ordnance survey map — An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map-making organization.
over someone's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
penecontemporaneous — formed during or shortly after the formation of the containing rock stratum: penecontemporaneous minerals.
performance figures — the statistics that indicate how well or badly a company or organization has performed
performance targets — the expected or predicted success level of an individual, company or organization
persecution complex — an acute irrational fear that other people are plotting one's downfall and that they are responsible for one's failures
planning permission — In Britain, planning permission is official permission that you must get from the local authority before building something new or adding something to an existing building.
plastic deformation — In plastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it and does not go back to its original state when the stress is removed.
pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
pointe-aux-trembles — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
polytene chromosome — a giant, cross-banded chromosome that results from multiple replication of its genetic material with the duplicated chromatin strands remaining closely associated.
post-polio syndrome — Pathology. muscle weakness occurring several decades after recovery from a polio infection, caused by fatiguing of collateral nerve axons developed during physical rehabilitation.
potassium carbonate — a white, granular, water-soluble powder, K 2 CO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, glass, and potassium salts.
presumption of fact — a presumption based on experience or knowledge of the relationship between a known fact and a fact inferred from it.
process performance — Process performance is a measure of how efficient or effective a process is.

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