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19-letter words containing t, a, c, l

  • molar heat capacity — the heat capacity of one mole of a substance.
  • 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
  • monoclonal antibody — antibody produced by a laboratory-grown cell clone, either of a hybridoma or a virus-transformed lymphocyte, that is more abundant and uniform than natural antibody and is able to bind specifically to a single site on almost any chosen antigen or reveal previously unknown antigen sites: used as an analytic tool in scientific research and medical diagnosis and potentially important in the treatment of certain diseases. Abbreviation: MAb.
  • 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.
  • mountain chinchilla — any of several long-tailed rodents of the genus Lagidium, having coarse poor quality fur
  • multiplexor channel — (MPX) mainframe terminology for a slow peripheral device connection, e.g. for a printer, operator console, or card reader.
  • multiplication sign — Arithmetic. the symbol (⋅), (×), or (∗) between two mathematical expressions, denoting multiplication of the second expression by the first. In certain algebraic notations the sign is suppressed and multiplication is indicated by immediate juxtaposition or contiguity, as in ab.
  • mutual fund company — a company that sells and manages mutual funds
  • national assistance — (in Britain) formerly a weekly allowance paid to certain people by the state to bring their incomes up to minimum levels established by law
  • 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 coal board — a statutory corporation set up to run Britain's nationalised coal mining industry between 1947 and 1994, at which time the industry was privatized
  • national convention — French History. the legislature of France 1792–95.
  • national curriculum — The National Curriculum is the course of study that most school pupils in England and Wales are meant to follow between the ages of 5 and 16.
  • 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.
  • natural killer cell — a small killer cell that destroys virus-infected cells or tumor cells without activation by an immune system cell or antibody.
  • neufchâtel (cheese) — a soft white cheese prepared from whole milk or skim milk and eaten fresh or cured
  • neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
  • new general catalog — a catalog of star clusters, galaxies, and other non-stellar objects, published in 1888
  • newcastle upon tyne — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
  • newtonian telescope — a reflecting telescope in which a mirror or reflecting prism is mounted on the axis near the eyepiece so that the image may be viewed from outside the telescope tube at right angles to the axis.
  • no-write allocation — (memory management)   A cache policy where only processor reads are cached, thus avoiding the need for write-back or write-through.
  • non-confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
  • non-confrontational — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
  • nonmaterial culture — the aggregate of values, mores, norms, etc., of a society; the ideational structure of a culture that provides the values and meanings by which it functions.
  • nonplayer character — a character in a tabletop role-playing game who is controlled by the Game Master.
  • 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)
  • not by a long chalk — by no means; not possibly
  • not much to look at — unattractive or unimpressive
  • nuclear disarmament — the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world
  • nuclear power plant — factory that generates atomic energy
  • occupational hazard — a danger or hazard to workers that is inherent in a particular occupation: Silicosis is an occupational hazard of miners.
  • occupational health — Occupational health is the branch of medicine that deals with the health of people in their workplace or in relation to their job.
  • office-block ballot — a ballot on which the candidates are listed alphabetically, with or without their party designations, in columns under the office for which they were nominated.
  • 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 spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • 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)
  • optical mark reader — (hardware)   (OMR) A special scanning device that can read carefully placed pencil marks on specially designed documents. OMR is frequenty used in forms, questionnaires, and answer-sheets.
  • oscillating circuit — a circuit producing electrical oscillations.
  • outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
  • over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
  • oxyacetylene burner — a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperatures
  • parallactic ellipse — the apparent ellipse, as seen against the background of more distant stars, described annually by a nearby star because of the earth's orbital motion around the sun. Compare parallax (def 2).
  • parallel projection — a projection from one plane to a second plane in which the lines joining points on the first plane and corresponding images are parallel.
  • parthenogenetically — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • particle dispersoid — A particle dispersoid is a suspension of solid particles in a gas.
  • particle kinematics — Particle kinematics is the study of the movement of particles, without considering the forces that cause this movement.
  • particle separation — a rule that moves the particle of a phrasal verb, thus deriving a sentence like He looked the answer up from a structure that also underlies He looked up the answer
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