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19-letter words containing s, t, a, r, l

  • logical shift right — logical shift
  • long-and-short work — an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.
  • lose one's heart to — to fall in love with
  • loss on translation — A loss on translation is the amount of money that is lost by a company by converting another currency used in a transaction into the functional currency of the company.
  • love at first sight — instant romantic attraction to sb
  • lumholtz's kangaroo — boongary.
  • lupus erythematosus — any of several autoimmune diseases, especially systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by red, scaly skin patches.
  • machine translation — changing language of a text by computer
  • maestro di cappella — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp a private one attached to the palace of a prince in Italy during the baroque period
  • mail transfer agent — Message Transfer Agent
  • malleable cast iron — white cast iron that has been malleablized.
  • manual transmission — an automotive transmission in which the driver shifts gears manually.
  • marriage settlement — a formal agreement made before marriage disposing of the property of the couple to be married
  • mary wollstonecraftMary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
  • massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
  • 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
  • metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
  • meter-candle-second — a unit of light-exposure equivalent to one lux for one second.
  • miracle of st. mark — a painting (1548) by Tintoretto.
  • molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
  • molecular biologist — a specialist in the study of biological phenomena at the molecular level
  • 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.
  • mount desert island — an island off the coast of E central Maine: summer resort; forms part of Acadia National Park. 14 miles (23 km) long; 8 miles (13 km) wide.
  • multiple-entry visa — a visa that permits the holder to enter a country several times
  • mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
  • mutual masturbation — the act of two or more people masturbating each other
  • national characters — (character)   Characters with accents and other diacritical marks that are used in certain written languages (that are based on the Roman alphabet) but not in others, particularly not in English. A standard list is ISO Latin 1.
  • national serviceman — a soldier undertaking compulsory military service
  • natural catastrophe — A natural catastrophe is an unexpected event, caused by nature, such as an earthquake or flood, in which there is a lot of suffering, damage, or death.
  • neurotransmissional — Relating to neurotransmission.
  • new year resolution — a promise to yourself or decision to do something, especially to improve one's behaviour or lifestyle in some way, during the year ahead
  • nine plus two array — the arrangement of microtubules in a flagellum or cilium, consisting of a ring of nine evenly spaced couplets surrounding two central singlets. Symbol: 9 + 2.
  • non-transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • nonrepresentational — not resembling or portraying any object in physical nature: a nonrepresentational painting.
  • nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  • normal distribution — a theoretical frequency distribution represented by a normal curve.
  • north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • north-central state — a state of N Nigeria. Capital: Kaduna. Pop: 4 438 007 (1995 est). Area: 46 053 sq km (17 781 sq miles)
  • north-northeasterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northeast
  • nuclear disarmament — the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world
  • observation balloon — a balloon that is used for gathering information and reconnaissance purposes and spotting aircraft
  • oil-catalyst slurry — Oil-catalyst slurry is a heavy aromatic by-product of a refinery's fluid catalytic cracking unit, that forms a small part of global fuel oil supply.
  • old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • on the baker's list — in good health
  • operational testing — (testing)   A US DoD term for testing performed by the end-user on software in its normal operating environment.
  • optical double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
  • oscillating circuit — a circuit producing electrical oscillations.
  • over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
  • paleoanthropologist — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
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