19-letter words containing s, t, a, i, n, l
- briggsian logarithm — common logarithm.
- canterbury pilgrims — the pilgrims whose stories are told in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
- carbon steel piping — Carbon steel piping is pipes made of steel with carbon as the main alloying component, used for transporting fluids.
- cask of amontillado — a short story (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe.
- cast one's lot with — one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- cathodoluminescence — luminescence caused by irradiation with electrons (cathode rays)
- cauchy's inequality — Schwarz inequality (def 1).
- celestial longitude — the angular distance measured eastwards from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the ecliptic with the great circle passing through a celestial body and the poles of the ecliptic
- celestial mechanics — the study of the motion of celestial bodies under the influence of gravitational fields
- central reservation — The central reservation is the strip of ground, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a major road.
- centrifugal casting — casting that utilizes centrifugal force within a spinning mold to force the metal against the walls.
- champagne lifestyle — a lifestyle involving the enjoyment of luxuries and expensive pleasures
- champagne socialist — a professed socialist who enjoys an extravagant lifestyle
- chandrasekhar limit — the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf, equal to 1.44 solar masses. A star having a mass above this limit will continue to collapse to form a neutron star
- chemical castration — the use of drugs to reduce libido
- chinese tallow tree — tallow tree.
- christian socialist — a member of any of certain European political parties advocating a form of social organization based on Christian and socialistic principles.
- claims investigator — A claims investigator is a person who is employed by an insurance company to obtain information necessary to evaluate a claim.
- claims notification — Claims notification is the process of informing an insurance company that a loss has occurred and that the policyholder intends to ask for money as a result.
- clandestine entrant — a person who hides in or on a vehicle as it enters the United Kingdom with the aim of avoiding immigration controls
- class action (suit) — a legal action brought by one or more persons on behalf of themselves and a much larger group, all of whom have the same grounds for action
- classroom assistant — a person whose job is to help a schoolteacher in the classroom
- clemastine fumarate — an antihistamine, C 25 H 30 ClNO 5 , that has drying and some sedative effects, used for symptomatic relief of allergy.
- coca colonization's — to bring (a foreign country) under the influence of U.S. trade, popular culture, and attitudes.
- community relations — the particular state of affairs in an area where potentially conflicting ethnic, religious, cultural, political, or linguistic groups live together
- compassionate leave — Compassionate leave is time away from your work that your employer allows you for personal reasons, especially when a member of your family dies or is seriously ill.
- complexity analysis — In sructured program design, a quality-control operation that counts the number of "compares" in the logic implementing a function; a value of less than 10 is considered acceptable.
- complimentary close — the part of a letter that by convention immediately precedes the signature, as “Very truly yours,” “Cordially,” or “Sincerely yours.”.
- computer simulation — an event, process, or scenario that is created on a computer
- conceptualistically — In a conceptualistic sense.
- consolidated school — a public school attended by pupils from several adjoining, esp. rural, districts
- consultant engineer — an engineer who works as a consultant to a project or company
- consultation period — a period during which consultations are held before a policy decision is made
- continental cuisine — a style of cooking that includes the better-known dishes of various western European countries.
- continental seating — a theater seating plan in which there is no center aisle, but with wide spacing between each row of seats to allow for ease of passage.
- continuation school — a school providing extension courses for people who have left school in the elementary grades to go to work.
- contradistinctively — In contradistinction.
- 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.
- corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
- cosmopolitanization — to make cosmopolitan.
- cost-push inflation — inflation in which prices increase as a result of increased production costs, as labor and parts, even when demand remains the same.
- countersurveillance — The art of evading surveillance.
- cross-fertilization — fertilization by the fusion of male and female gametes from different individuals of the same species
- crystallized ginger — sugar-coated ginger
- cult of personality — a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
- current liabilities — business liabilities maturing within a year
- 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