19-letter words containing t, e, a, c, u, p
- gulf of tehuantepec — an inlet of the Pacific on the south coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in S Mexico
- immunoprecipitation — the separation of an antigen from a solution by the formation of a large complex with its specific antibody.
- in particular terms — If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.
- incomplete fracture — a fracture extending partly across the bone.
- judicial separation — a decree of legal separation of spouses that does not dissolve the marriage bond.
- leisure occupations — activities which you enjoy and which you perform in your free time
- leukoencephalopathy — (medicine) Any disease that effects the white matter of the brain.
- male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
- means of production — resources: equipment, workers
- metropolitan county — (in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986
- multiplexor channel — (MPX) mainframe terminology for a slow peripheral device connection, e.g. for a printer, operator console, or card reader.
- 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.
- neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
- newcastle upon tyne — 1st Duke of, Pelham-Holles, Thomas.
- non-contemporaneous — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- not worth a crumpet — utterly worthless
- nuclear power plant — factory that generates atomic energy
- 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.
- open-hearth furnace — a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open-hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls.
- 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)
- orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
- orthopaedic surgery — surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
- outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
- parachute spinnaker — a very large spinnaker used on a racing yacht.
- parametric equation — one of two or more equations expressing the location of a point on a curve or surface by determining each coordinate separately.
- particular negative — a proposition of the form “Some S is not P.” Symbol: O.
- pastoral counseling — the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.
- paumotu archipelago — Tuamotu Archipelago.
- pecuniary advantage — financial advantage that is dishonestly obtained by deception and that constitutes a criminal offence
- penecontemporaneous — formed during or shortly after the formation of the containing rock stratum: penecontemporaneous minerals.
- phacoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
- phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
- phthalocyanine blue — a pigment used in painting, derived from copper phthalocyanine and characterized chiefly by its brilliant, dark-blue color and by permanence.
- physical sequential — (file format) (PS, QSAM, Queued Sequential Access Method) The simplest data set on an IBM mainframe. Sequential files can only be read or written from the beginning: they do not support random access.
- pneumatic conveying — Pneumatic conveying is the movement of powdered or granulated solids using air.
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- poincare conjecture — Mathematics. the question of whether a compact, simply connected three-dimensional manifold is topologically equivalent to a three-dimensional sphere.
- police headquarters — building where police are stationed
- population genetics — the branch of genetics concerned with the hereditary makeup of populations.
- potassium carbonate — a white, granular, water-soluble powder, K 2 CO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, glass, and potassium salts.
- preproduction trial — a trial to test a prototype of a product before the product goes into full-scale production
- presumption of fact — a presumption based on experience or knowledge of the relationship between a known fact and a fact inferred from it.
- pretty as a picture — girl: sweetly attractive
- private prosecution — a prosecution started by a private individual rather than by the police
- property speculator — a person who takes part in property speculation
- pseudo-aristocratic — of or relating to government by an aristocracy.
- pseudo-conservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- pseudo-intellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
- public intellectual — an intellectual, often a noted specialist in a particular field, who has become well-known to the general public for a willingness to comment on current affairs
- public-interest law — a branch of law that often utilizes class-action suits to protect the interest of a large group or of the public at large, as in matters relating to racial discrimination, air pollution, etc.