19-letter words containing s, u, p, o

privatization issue — an issue of shares available for purchase by members of the public when a publicly owned organization is transferred to the private sector
profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
progressive judaism — Reform Judaism.
property speculator — a person who takes part in property speculation
provably unsolvable — The set or property of problems for which no algorithm at all exists. E.g. the Halting Problem. See also provably difficult.
pseudo-aristocratic — of or relating to government by an aristocracy.
pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
pseudo-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
pseudo-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
pseudo-hieroglyphic — noting or pertaining to a script dating from the second millennium b.c. that appears to be syllabic and to represent the Phoenician language and that is inscribed on objects found at Byblos.
pseudo-intellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
pseudo-intransitive — denoting an occurrence of a normally transitive verb in which a direct object is not explicitly stated or forms the subject of the sentence, as in Margaret is cooking or these apples cook well
pseudo-professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
pseudohermaphrodite — an individual having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics resembling those of the other sex or being ambiguous in nature. Compare hermaphrodite (def 1).
pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
pseudorandom number — (programming) One of a sequence of numbers generated by some algorithm so as to have an even distribution over some range of values and minimal correlation between successive values. Pseudorandom numbers are used in simulation and encryption. They are pseudorandom not random because the sequence eventually repeats exactly and is entirely determined by the initial conditions. One of the simplest algorithms is x[i+1] = (a * x[i] + c) mod m but this repeats after at most m numbers and successive numbers are closely related. Better algorithms generally use more previous numbers to calculate the next number.
puerperal psychosis — a mental disorder sometimes occurring in women after childbirth, characterized by deep depression, delusions of the child's death, and homicidal feelings towards the child
pugwash conferences — international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005) , one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957–73), and president (1988–97)
pull in one's horns — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
pull one's socks up — to make a determined effort, esp in order to regain control of a situation
punch and judy show — A Punch and Judy show is a puppet show for children, often performed at fairs or at the seaside. Punch and Judy, the two main characters, are always fighting.
punch-and-judy show — a puppet show having a conventional plot consisting chiefly of slapstick humor and the tragicomic misadventures of the grotesque, hook-nosed, humpback buffoon Punch and his wife Judy.
push comes to shove — matters become serious or reach a critical point where some action or decision is required
put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
put one's finger on — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
put one's foot down — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
put one's skates on — ice skate (def 1).
put sth into action — If you put an idea or policy into action, you begin to use it or cause it to operate.
put sth to the test — If you put something to the test, you find out how useful or effective it is by using it.
quartermaster corps — the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for supplying food, clothing, fuel, and equipment and for the operation of commissaries, laundries, etc.
rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
reflux oesophagitis — inflammation of the gullet caused by regurgitation of stomach acids, producing heartburn: may be associated with a hiatus hernia
republic of letters — the collective body of literary people.
reserved occupation — in time of war, an occupation from which one will not be called up for military service
respiratory failure — a condition in which the respiratory system is unable to provide an adequate supply of oxygen or to remove carbon dioxide efficiently
ruffini's corpuscle — an end organ of certain sensory neurons that branches out parallel to the skin and responds to steady pressure.
san juan capistrano — a city in SW California: site of old Spanish mission; known for annual return of swallows, said to occur on March 19.
sao paulo de luanda — Luanda.
sb's spiritual home — your spiritual home is the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there
scale down (or up) — to reduce (or increase), often according to a fixed ratio or proportion
set/put the seal on — If something sets or puts the seal on something, it makes it definite or confirms how it is going to be.
sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
sexual stereotyping — the formation or promotion of a fixed general idea or image of how men and women will behave
sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
sharp-tailed grouse — a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
simple closed curve — a curve that is closed and that has no loops or points missing; a curve for which there exists a homeomorphism mapping it to a circle.
sodium hypochlorite — a pale-green, crystalline compound, NaOCl, unstable in air, soluble in cold water, decomposes in hot water: used as a bleaching agent for paper and textiles, in water purification, in household use, and as a fungicide.
sodium thiosulphate — a white soluble substance used, in the pentahydrate form, in photography as a fixer to dissolve unchanged silver halides and also to remove excess chlorine from chlorinated water. Formula: Na2S2O3
south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.

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