19-letter words containing s, t, a, y, c

physical sequential — (file format) (PS, QSAM, Queued Sequential Access Method) The simplest data set on an IBM mainframe. Sequential files can only be read or written from the beginning: they do not support random access.
physician assistant — a person trained and certified to perform various medical procedures under the supervision of a physician
piggyback investing — Piggyback investing is a situation in which a broker repeats a trade on his own behalf immediately after trading for an investor, because he thinks the investor may have inside information.
postsynchronization — the process of adding sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting or videotaping is completed
pretty as a picture — girl: sweetly attractive
property speculator — a person who takes part in property speculation
psychotechnological — of or relating to psychotechnology
psychrometric chart — a chart for calculating values of relative humidity, absolute humidity, and dew point from psychrometer readings.
rayleigh scattering — the scattering of light by particles that are very small in relation to the wavelength of the light, and in which the intensity of the scattered light varies inversely with the fourth power of the wavelength.
recording secretary — an officer charged with keeping the minutes of meetings and responsible for the records.
research laboratory — place for scientific experimentation
rhythmic gymnastics — a form of gymnastics involving movements using hand apparatus such as balls, hoops, and ribbons
roosevelt corollary — a corollary (1904) to the Monroe Doctrine, asserting that the U.S. might intervene in the affairs of an American republic threatened with seizure or intervention by a European country.
royal correspondent — a journalist who reports on matters relating to royalty
saint patrick's day — March 17, observed by the Irish in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
sanitary protection — Sanitary protection is sanitary towels or tampons.
secondary dentition — the permanent dentition
secondary education — education at high-school level
secondary infection — an infection resulting from another infection
secondary intention — See under intention (def 5b).
secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
secondary structure — the arrangement of a polypeptide into a regular alpha helix, beta structure, or random coil configuration by the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds along the length of the chain.
secondary-intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
segmentation cavity — blastocoel.
self-congratulatory — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
semidetached binary — a pair of stars that are so close together that mass transfer occurs from one to the other
senatorial courtesy — the practice in the U.S. Senate of confirming only those presidential appointees approved by both senators from the state of the appointee, or by the senior senator of the president's party.
short-stay car park — a car park where a car can be left for a relatively short time
simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
social anthropology — study of human culture
social security act — a law passed in 1935 providing old-age retirement insurance, a federal-state program of unemployment compensation, and federal grants for state welfare programs.
solid-state physics — the branch of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter, especially solids; the study of the electromagnetic, structural, and thermodynamic properties of solids.
spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
st. anthony's cross — a T -shaped cross.
st. lawrence seaway — a series of channels, locks, and canals between Montreal and the mouth of Lake Ontario, a distance of 182 miles (293 km), enabling most deep-draft vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean, up the St. Lawrence River, to all the Great Lakes ports: developed jointly by the U.S. and Canada.
stationers' company — a company or guild of the city of London composed of booksellers, printers, dealers in writing materials, etc., incorporated in 1557.
stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
sympathetic contact — behavior toward an individual based on the individual's personal makeup rather than on his or her group membership.
symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
to steer/stay clear — If you steer clear or stay clear of someone or something, you avoid them.
ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
unconstitutionality — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
university entrance — an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
waste heat recovery — the use of heat that is produced in a thermodynamic cycle, as in a furnace, combustion engine, etc, in another process, such as heating feedwater or air

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