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19-letter words containing s, i, t, e

  • conventional wisdom — The conventional wisdom about something is the generally accepted view of it.
  • conversational lisp — (language)   (CLISP) A mixed English-like, ALGOL-like surface syntax for Interlisp.
  • cooperative society — a commercial enterprise owned and managed by and for the benefit of customers or workers
  • corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
  • corrections officer — A corrections officer is someone who works as a guard at a prison.
  • corrosive sublimate — mercuric chloride
  • counter-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
  • counter-proposition — a proposition made in place of or in opposition to a preceding one.
  • counterinsurgencies — Plural form of counterinsurgency.
  • counterpoise bridge — another name for bascule bridge
  • countersurveillance — The art of evading surveillance.
  • county commissioner — a member of an elected governing board in the counties of certain states of the U.S.
  • course requirements — the qualifications that are required for acceptance onto a degree course
  • credit default swap — a contract in which the parties exchange the exposure to loss should a creditor fail to make a payment when it comes due back
  • credit someone with — to believe that someone has or is responsible for; ascribe to someone
  • creeping bent grass — a grass, Agrostis stolonifera, grown as a pasture grass in Europe and North America: roots readily from the stem
  • creeping featuritis — (jargon)   /kree'ping fee'-chr-i:`t*s/ A variant of creeping featurism, with its own spoonerism: "feeping creaturitis". Some people like to reserve this form for the disease as it actually manifests in software or hardware, as opposed to the lurking general tendency in designers' minds. -ism means "condition" or "pursuit of", whereas -itis usually means "inflammation of".
  • crinoline stretcher — (on a Windsor chair) a stretcher having an inwardly curved piece connecting the front legs, and connected to the back legs by short, straight pieces.
  • cross-fertilization — fertilization by the fusion of male and female gametes from different individuals of the same species
  • cry over spilt milk — to lament something that cannot be altered
  • crystallized fruits — fruits that are covered in sugar which is melted and then allowed to harden
  • crystallized ginger — sugar-coated ginger
  • culler-fried system — A system for interactive mathematics.
  • cult of personality — a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
  • cultivated mushroom — an edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) with a pale cap and stalk: the most common food mushroom
  • cultural relativism — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
  • cultural-relativism — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
  • current liabilities — business liabilities maturing within a year
  • customer experience — Customer experience is what customers feel while shopping, affected by such factors as how a store is laid out, the level of service they receive, and how easy it is to find products.
  • customs declaration — a form declaring the nature and value of goods, etc, for customs purposes
  • customs regulations — the regulations relating to customs in a particular country
  • daisy-wheel printer — a type of printer that uses a daisywheel
  • datatron 200 series — (computer)   A family of computers produced by Burroughs that included the Datatron 204 and Datatron 220.
  • de moivre's theorem — the theorem that a complex number raised to a given positive integral power is equal to the modulus of the number raised to the power and multiplied by the amplitude times the given power.
  • de-militarised zone — (networking)   (DMZ) (From the military term for an area between two opponents where fighting is prevented) DMZ Ethernets connect networks and computers controlled by different bodies. They may be external or internal. External DMZ Ethernets link regional networks with routers to internal networks. Internal DMZ Ethernets link local nodes with routers to the regional networks. Compare red zone.
  • deaf without speech — (usually of a prelingually deaf person) able to utter sounds but not speak
  • deathbed confession — a confession that somebody makes just before he or she dies, usually relating to some long concealed crime or secret
  • declare an interest — to make known one's connection, esp a prejudicial connection, with an affair
  • deflate compression — deflate
  • deflationary spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
  • deindustrialisation — Alternative spelling of deindustrialization.
  • deindustrialization — the decline in importance of manufacturing industry in the economy of a nation or area
  • deinstitutionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deinstitutionalize.
  • demonstration model — a nearly new product, such as a car or washing machine, that has been used only to demonstrate its performance by a dealer and is offered for sale at a discount
  • dental receptionist — a receptionist working in a dental surgery
  • deoxycorticosterone — a corticosteroid hormone important in maintaining sodium and water balance in the body
  • departmentalisation — Alternative spelling of departmentalization.
  • descriptive grammar — an approach to grammar that is concerned with reporting the usage of native speakers without reference to proposed norms of correctness or advocacy of rules based on such norms.
  • design in real time — (programming)   (Dirt) A user interface builder for the X Window System by R. Hesketh.
  • detective constable — a police officer who investigates crime and who is of the lowest rank
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