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19-letter words containing s, g, r

  • a change of scenery — If you have a change of scenery, you go somewhere different after being in a particular place for a long time.
  • a race against time — You describe a situation as a race against time when you have to work very fast in order to do something before a particular time, or before another thing happens.
  • abnormal psychology — the study of behaviour patterns that diverge widely from generally accepted norms, esp those of a pathological nature
  • abstracting journal — a periodical consisting mainly or entirely of abstracts of current works.
  • abstracting service — a service that provides abstracts of publications on a subject or group of related subjects, usually on a subscription basis.
  • acoustic gramophone — a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn
  • active server pages — (web, programming)   (ASP) A scripting environment for Microsoft Internet Information Server in which you can combine HTML, scripts and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages. IIS 4.0 includes scripting engines for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) and Microsoft JScript. ActiveX scripting engines for Perl and REXX are available through third-party developers.
  • ad kalendas graecas — at no time; never: from the fact that the Greeks did not reckon dates by calends.
  • advertising account — account (def 11c).
  • aerial top dressing — the process of spreading lime, fertilizer, etc over farmland from an aeroplane
  • agency spokesperson — a spokesperson for a government agency
  • aggravated trespass — an offence in which a trespasser in the open air attempts to interfere with a lawful activity, such as hunting
  • agitated depression — severe depression accompanied by extreme anxiety and agitation
  • aldridge-brownhills — a town in central England, in Walsall unitary authority, West Midlands: formed by the amalgamation of neighbouring towns in 1966. Pop: 35 525 (2001)
  • algebraic extension — a field containing a given field such that every element in the first field is algebraic over the given field.
  • algebraic structure — (mathematics)   Any formal mathematical system consisting of a set of objects and operations on those objects. Examples are Boolean algebra, numerical algebra, set algebra and matrix algebra.
  • ambassador-at-large — an ambassador with special duties who may be sent to more than one government
  • anaerobic digestion — the conversion of biodegradable waste matter into compost in the absence of oxygen
  • angels-on-horseback — a savoury of oysters wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
  • angle of depression — depression (def 11).
  • answerphone message — a pre-recorded message that is left on an answering machine, usually inviting callers to leave a message
  • anterograde amnesia — amnesia caused by brain damage in which the memory loss relates to events occurring after the damage
  • apollonius of perga — ?261–?190 bc, Greek mathematician, remembered for his treatise on conic sections
  • apres moi le deluge — after me the deluge
  • as long as your arm — If you say that a list is as long as your arm, you are emphasizing that it is very long.
  • ask for a signature — If you ask for a signature, you ask someone to write their name, in their own characteristic way, on a document.
  • asperger's syndrome — a form of autism in which the person affected has limited but obsessive interests, and has difficulty relating to other people
  • associative storage — a storage device in which the information is identified by content rather than by an address
  • astra digital radio — (audio)   Digital Radio over satellite, compatible with analog television transmissions. Alternatively the normal TV subcarriers can be modulated by a MPEG-1 Layer-2 48 kHz 192 kbps signal. Quality is better than analog carriers and only needs half the bandwidth (analog stereo = 2 carrier, digital stereo = 1 carrier). Quality is limited and the data rate can't be increased.
  • at one's fingertips — readily available and within one's mental grasp
  • atmospheric braking — a technique of reentry in which the vehicle is maneuvered in the upper atmosphere so as to lose velocity by utilizing drag without overheating.
  • attendance register — an official list of people who are present at an institution such as a school
  • augsburg confession — the statement of beliefs and doctrines of the Lutherans, formulated by Melanchthon and endorsed by the Lutheran princes, which was presented at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 and which became the chief creed of the Lutheran Church.
  • avogadro's constant — the number of atoms or molecules in a mole of a substance, equal to 6.022 52 × 1023
  • awareness programme — a programme designed to increase awareness of something
  • ballistocardiograph — an instrument that records the slight recoil of the body, while on a special bed, caused by the contractions of the heart: used to measure cardiac pumping power and the elasticity of the aorta
  • bandar seri begawan — the capital of Brunei. Pop: 64 000 (2005 est)
  • bang for one's buck — value for money
  • barbados gooseberry — Also called lemon vine. a treelike cactus, Pereskia aculeata, of tropical America, characterized by broad, elliptical leaves and spiny stems bearing a yellow, edible fruit.
  • bargaining position — the position of a person, group, or organization in a negotiation, with respect to their ability to achieve a deal which is favourable to themselves
  • battle-ground state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
  • be greek to someone — to be incomprehensible or unintelligible to someone
  • behavioral genetics — an interdisciplinary field studying the effects of genetics and hereditary factors on animal and human behavior.
  • belgian east africa — a former Belgian trust territory in Africa, also (1924–62) Ruanda-Urundi, now the independent countries of Rwanda and Burundi.
  • bellybutton surgery — laparoscopy.
  • black forest gateau — a chocolate sponge cake containing morello cherries and whipped cream, with a topping of chocolate icing
  • blue-ringed octopus — a highly venomous octopus, Octopus maculosus, of E Australia which exhibits blue bands on its tentacles when disturbed
  • booker t washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • bordering countries — countries that share a border with a particular country
  • brazen law of wages — the doctrine or theory that wages tend toward a level sufficient only to maintain a subsistence standard of living.

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