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19-letter words containing t, a, h, l, n

  • chloroplatinic acid — a red-brown, crystalline, water-soluble solid, H 2 PtCl 6 ⋅6H 2 O, used chiefly in platinizing glass, metals, and ceramic ware.
  • christian socialist — a member of any of certain European political parties advocating a form of social organization based on Christian and socialistic principles.
  • cinematographically — a motion-picture projector.
  • clinicopathological — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
  • coherent parallel c — (language)   A data parallel version of C.
  • columnar epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.
  • consolidated school — a public school attended by pupils from several adjoining, esp. rural, districts
  • continuation school — a school providing extension courses for people who have left school in the elementary grades to go to work.
  • corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
  • cost-push inflation — inflation in which prices increase as a result of increased production costs, as labor and parts, even when demand remains the same.
  • daisy-wheel printer — a type of printer that uses a daisywheel
  • data link switching — (networking)   (DLSw) A standard for transporting IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) traffic over an Internet protocol network. Initially, in 1992, DLSw was proprietary to IBM. It was submitted to the IETF as RFC 1434 in 1993, later updated by RFC 1795.
  • death of a salesman — a play (1949) by Arthur Miller.
  • diethylaminoethanol — a colorless, hygroscopic, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 15 NO, used for the synthesis of local anesthetics, in antirust compounds, and in photographic emulsions.
  • dimethylnitrosamine — a yellow, water-soluble carcinogenic liquid, C 2 H 6 N 2 O, found in tobacco smoke and certain foods: known to be a potent carcinogen. Abbreviation: DMN, DMNA.
  • direct grant school — (in Britain, formerly) a school financed by endowment, fees, and a state grant conditional upon admittance of a percentage of nonpaying pupils nominated by the local education authority
  • distinguishableness — The state or quality of being distinguishable.
  • diversional therapy — the structured use of leisure time in recreation and play as a form of or supplement to conventional therapy
  • dominant wavelength — the wavelength of monochromatic light that would give the same visual sensation if combined in a suitable proportion with an achromatic light
  • don't make me laugh — Some people reply to other people's comments or opinions by saying 'Don't make me laugh' when they disagree with them and think they are foolish or inaccurate.
  • draw the color line — to impose or accept the color line
  • drink the health of — to salute or celebrate with a toast
  • duplicating machine — a duplicator, especially one for making identical copies of documents, letters, etc.
  • eat someone's lunch — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
  • electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
  • electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
  • electromechanically — In an electromechanical way.
  • electron micrograph — a photograph or image of a specimen taken using an electron microscope
  • electronic graphics — (on television) the production of graphic designs and text by electronic means
  • enabling technology — technology that enables the user to perform a task or to improve his or her overall performance: e.g. the internet
  • english toy spaniel — breed of dog
  • equatorial zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at the equator
  • euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
  • exhibitionistically — In an exhibitionistic manner.
  • fall in love (with) — to begin to feel love (for)
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • flavor of the month — Informal. the subject of intense, usually temporary interest; the current fashion.
  • focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
  • focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
  • gas central heating — a system of central heating fuelled by combustible gas
  • general anaesthesia — the use of a general anaesthetic
  • general anaesthetic — sth administered to induce unconsciousness
  • general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
  • general partnership — a partnership in which each of the partners is fully liable for the firm's debts.
  • geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
  • giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
  • glottochronological — Of or pertaining to glottochronology.
  • go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
  • go to great lengths — If you say that someone goes to great lengths to achieve something, you mean that they try very hard and perhaps do extreme things in order to achieve it.
  • goldbach conjecture — an unproved theorem that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.
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