19-letter words containing t, a, l, m, e, d
- plastic deformation — In plastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it and does not go back to its original state when the stress is removed.
- pleased to meet you — greeting
- pseudo-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- radiopharmaceutical — any of a number of radioactive drugs used diagnostically or therapeutically.
- relative impediment — a fact or circumstance that disqualifies from lawful marriage persons who are closely related.
- removable cartridge — a hard disk enclosed in a case that can be removed from the disk drive, having more storage than floppy disks.
- romanian tenderloin — a cut of beef consisting of the diaphragm muscle.
- san clemente island — an island off the coast of S California, in the Santa Barbara (Channel) Islands. 24 miles (38 km) long.
- seasonal adjustment — an adjustment that removes the seasonal component of statistics
- self-administration — the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
- self-aggrandizement — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
- self-discrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
- semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- semipalmated plover — a New World plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, having a black ring around the chest and semipalmate feet, inhabiting beaches and salt marshes.
- sessional indemnity — the remuneration paid to a member of the Canadian parliament.
- simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
- small advertisement — a short, simply designed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, usually set entirely in a small size of type
- sodium metasilicate — a white, granular sodium silicate, Na 2 SiO 3 , soluble in water: used in detergents and in bleaching and cleaning products.
- 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
- standing martingale — martingale (def 1).
- stanislavski method — method (def 5).
- sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
- subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
- tall poppy syndrome — a tendency to disparage any person who has achieved great prominence or wealth
- tamper-evident seal — A tamper-evident seal is a sealing device designed to reveal if the opening of a container has been interfered with.
- terminating decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
- tetramethyldiarsine — an oily slightly water-soluble poisonous liquid with garlic-like odour. Its derivatives are used as accelerators for rubber
- the admiralty board — (formerly) a department of the British Ministry of Defence, responsible for the administration and planning of the Royal Navy
- the almighty dollar — money regarded figuratively as a god, or source of great power
- the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
- the middle distance — an unspecified point in the distance
- threshold agreement — an agreement between an employer and employees or their union to increase wages by a specified sum if inflation exceeds a specified level in a specified time
- tired and emotional — slightly drunk
- transdenominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
- ultracrepidarianism — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
- unlimited liability — liability that is not restricted to any unpaid portion of nominal capital invested in a business
- velocity modulation — the modulation in velocity of a beam of electrons or ions caused by passing the beam through a high-frequency electric field, as in a cavity resonator
- wade-giles (system) — a system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Latin alphabet, in wide use esp. before Pinyin was adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979
- wesleyan methodists — a branch of the Methodist Church in its original form
- withdrawal syndrome — a spectrum of physical and behavioral symptoms following cessation from the continuous use of an addictive drug, the character and severity of the symptoms depending upon the particular drug and the daily dose.