19-letter words containing s, t, e, a, m
- cash-flow statement — a financial statement that shows a company's cash disbursements and receipts over a given period
- catch someone's eye — If something catches your eye, you suddenly notice it.
- cathodoluminescence — luminescence caused by irradiation with electrons (cathode rays)
- celestial mechanics — the study of the motion of celestial bodies under the influence of gravitational fields
- cerebral thrombosis — formation of a clot or other blockage in one of the blood vessels of the brain, often followed by neurologic damage; a type of stroke.
- chamber of deputies — the lower house of the legislature of certain countries, as Italy.
- 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
- chassis dynamometer — A chassis dynamometer is a piece of test equipment fitted with rollers for the wheels of a vehicle, that is capable of providing drive input and measuring output such as power and torque at the wheels.
- chemical castration — the use of drugs to reduce libido
- christian democracy — the beliefs, principles, practices, or programme of a Christian Democratic party
- christmas pantomime — pantomime (def 5).
- claims investigator — A claims investigator is a person who is employed by an insurance company to obtain information necessary to evaluate a claim.
- clemastine fumarate — an antihistamine, C 25 H 30 ClNO 5 , that has drying and some sedative effects, used for symptomatic relief of allergy.
- come to the surface — to emerge; become apparent
- commercial software — (software) (Or "commercial off-the-shelf software", COTS) Software that is produced for sale. This contrasts with free software, which is produced for free distribution, meaning without charge and/or without restriction on further distribution. Some companies that sell software distribute some (versions) of products free of charge (but usually with restricted distribution rights), this would probably still be called commercial software. Conversely, software that an individual distributes for free, but for which he accepts donations, would still be called free software.
- commission merchant — a person who buys or sells goods for others on a commission basis
- communications zone — the area behind the combat zone
- communist manifesto — a political pamphlet written by Marx and Engels in 1848: a fundamental statement of Marxist principles
- community relations — the particular state of affairs in an area where potentially conflicting ethnic, religious, cultural, political, or linguistic groups live together
- compact disc player — a machine for playing compact discs
- compact disc writer — (storage) (CD burner) A device that can write data to Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) or Compact Disc Rewritable (CD-RW) discs. Now both these CD formats are often combined with a DVD writer.
- compact disk player — a device for playing compact disks.
- 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
- concurrentsmalltalk — (language) A concurrent variant of Smalltalk.
- confederate jasmine — star jasmine.
- consumer resistance — the unwillingness of consumers to adopt a particular product, service, or change
- contemporaneousness — The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
- conventional wisdom — The conventional wisdom about something is the generally accepted view of it.
- corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
- corrosive sublimate — mercuric chloride
- counterdemonstrator — Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration that is happening nearby at the same time.
- court of st james's — the official name of the royal court of Britain
- craters of the moon — a national monument in S Idaho: site of scenic lava-flow formations.
- 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 transformer — A current transformer is a transformer that is designed to give an accurate current ratio for the purpose of measurement and control.
- 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
- database management — the maintenance of information stored in a computer system
- 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.
- death of a salesman — a play (1949) by Arthur Miller.
- deflate compression — deflate
- 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
- department of state — the department of the U.S. federal government that sets forth and maintains the foreign policy of the U.S., especially in negotiations with foreign governments and international organizations. Abbreviation: DOS.