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

factitious disorder — any of various syndromes, as Münchausen syndrome, characterized by physical or psychological symptoms intentionally produced by a person and under voluntary control.
finds its/their way — If something finds its way somewhere, it comes to that place, especially by chance.
first degree murder — the most serious category of murder
first world problem — a fairly minor problem, frustrating situation, or complaint associated with a relatively high standard of living, as opposed to the more serious problems associated with poverty: I’m bored with all my electronic gadgets—such a first world problem!
first-degree murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
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
floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
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
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).
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
gold-rimmed glasses — spectacles with gold-coloured frames
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.
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
hemidemisemiquavers — Plural form of hemidemisemiquaver.
hermetically sealed — airtight
high blood pressure — elevation of the arterial blood pressure or a condition resulting from it; hypertension. Abbreviation: HBP.
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
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
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.
hyperparathyroidism — overactivity of the parathyroid gland, characterized by softening of the bones, with consequent pain, tenderness, and a tendency to spontaneous fractures, and by muscular weakness and abdominal cramps.
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 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 this/that regard — You can use in this regard or in that regard to refer back to something that you have just said.
indemnity insurance — insurance covering against damage or loss
index expurgatorius — a list of books now included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.
indirect addressing — indirect address
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

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