19-letter words containing s, h, m, a

league championship — the competition to become league champions
let someone have it — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
limited partnership — a partnership formed by at least one general partner and at least one special partner.
lobster-tail helmet — a burgonet fitted with a long, articulated tail of lames for protecting the nape of the neck, worn by cavalry in the 17th century.
lumholtz's kangaroo — boongary.
lupus erythematosus — any of several autoimmune diseases, especially systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by red, scaly skin patches.
lytham saint anne's — a resort in NW England, in Lancashire on the Irish Sea. Pop: 41 327 (2001)
macaroni and cheese — pasta with cheese sauce
machine instruction — (programming) The smallest element of a machine code program.
machine translation — changing language of a text by computer
magnesium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, Mg(OH) 2 , used chiefly in medicine as an antacid and as a laxative.
magnetic hysteresis — hysteresis in a ferromagnetic material; the lag in the response of magnetic induction to changes of magnetic intensity.
major seventh chord — a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
make the best of it — cope
male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
malicious falsehood — a lie told by someone who knows the lie is false or knows it will do harm to the person it is concerning
manchester autocode — (language, history) The predecessor of Mercury Autocode.
manchester encoding — (communications, protocol) A method of transmitting bits which enables the receiver to easily synchronise with the sender. A simple way of signalling bits might be to transmit a high voltage for some period for a 1-bit and a low voltage for a 0 bit: Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High ___ Low |___ Time: -> . . . . . However, when several identical bits are sent in succession, this provides no information to the receiver about when each bit starts and stops. Manchester encoding splits each bit period into two, and ensures that there is always a transition between the signal levels in the middle of each bit. This allows the receiver to synchronise with the sender. In normal Manchester encoding, a 1-bit is transmitted with a high voltage in the first period, and a low voltage in the second, and vice verse for the 0 bit: Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High Low || |_| || Time: -> . ' . ' . ' . ' . In Differential Manchester encoding, a 1-bit is indicated by making the first half of the signal equal to the last half of the previous bit's signal and a 0-bit is indicated by making the first half of the signal opposite to the last half of the previous bit's signal. That is, a zero bit is indicated by a transition at the beginning of the bit. Like normal Manchester encoding, there is always a transition in the middle of the transmission of the bit. Differential Manchester Encoding Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High __ Low |_| || || Time: -> . ' . ' . ' . ' . With each bit period half as long, twice as much bandwidth is required when using either of the Manchester encoding schemes.
manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
maraschino cherries — cherries in a syrup flavored with maraschino or, now usually, imitation maraschino
mashye and mashyane — (in the Avesta) the first couple, man and woman, created by Ahura Mazda from a rhubarb plant grown from the seed of Gayomart.
master of foxhounds — the person responsible for the conduct of a fox hunt and to whom all members of the hunt and its staff are responsible. Abbreviation: M.F.H.
master of the horse — (in England) the third official of the royal household
master of the rolls — (in England and Wales) the judge who presides over the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) and who was formerly Keeper of the Records at the Public Record Office
matthias i corvinus — ?1440–90, king of Hungary (1458–90): built up the most powerful kingdom in Central Europe. A patron of Renaissance art, he founded the Corvina library, one of the finest in Europe
mechanical scanning — Electronics. a technique for varying the sector covered by a transmitting or receiving antenna by rotating it.
meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
metaphosphoric acid — an acid, HPO 3 , derived from phosphorous pentoxide, and containing the smallest amount of water of the phosphoric acids.
metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
miniature schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdily built terriers resembling a smaller version of the standard schnauzer, having a wiry, pepper-and-salt, black, or black-and-silver coat, a rectangular head, bushy whiskers, and a docked tail, and originally developed as a farm dog but now raised primarily as a pet.
mischaracterization — The act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way.
missouri meerschaum — corncob (def 2).
mohammed zahir shah — 1914–2007, king of Afghanistan 1933–73.
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.
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.
mouse-ear chickweed — any of various similar and related plants of the genus Cerastium
mucopolysaccharides — Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.
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.
nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
nernst heat theorem — the principle that reactions in crystalline solids involve changes in entropy that tend to zero as the temperature approaches absolute zero
neuropsychodynamics — The theoretical synthesis of neuroscience and psychodynamics.
newtonian mechanics — the branch of mechanics that is based on Newton's laws of motion and that is applicable to systems that are so large that Planck's constant can be regarded as negligibly small (distinguished from quantum mechanics).
north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
old man and the sea — a novel (1952) by Ernest Hemingway.
old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
on an empty stomach — If you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without having eaten.
on someone's behalf — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
on someone's hammer — persistently demanding and critical of someone

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