19-letter words containing t, o, n, i, p, s
- hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
- impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
- in someone's pocket — If you say that someone is in someone else's pocket, you disapprove of the fact that the first person is willing to do whatever the second person tells them, for example out of weakness or in return for money.
- in the person of sb — You can use in the person of when mentioning the name of someone you have just referred to in a more general or indirect way.
- in the second place — secondly
- incomprehensibility — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- index expurgatorius — a list of books now included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.
- inflationary spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- inprise corporation — Borland Software Corporation.
- insect pest control — the killing, reduction or elimination of insects which are pests, using insecticide, etc
- instant photography — photography using an instant camera.
- instantaneous speed — a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed as the rate of change of position with respect to time at a particular point. It is measured in metres per second, miles per hour, etc
- investment compound — investment (def 11).
- isobutyl propionate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used chiefly as a paint, varnish, and lacquer solvent.
- japanese arborvitae — a Japanese evergreen tree, Thuja standishii, having spreading branches with bright-green leaves.
- jockey for position — If someone is jockeying for position, they are using whatever methods they can in order to get into a better position than their rivals.
- joint-stock company — an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.
- judicial separation — a decree of legal separation of spouses that does not dissolve the marriage bond.
- jump to conclusions — to come to a conclusion prematurely, without sufficient thought or on incomplete evidence
- jumping plant louse — any of numerous lice, of the family Psyllidae, that feed on plant juices and are sometimes pests of fruits and vegetables.
- keep one's distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- keep one's shirt on — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- kilobits per second — (unit) (kbps, kb/s) A unit of data rate where 1 kb/s = 1000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where 1 Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K).
- knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- late-night shopping — later opening hours of shops than usual, esp as a regular occurrence on a particular night of the week
- leisure occupations — activities which you enjoy and which you perform in your free time
- lift up one's voice — to speak out loudly
- line-of-battle ship — ship of the line.
- lipschitz condition — the property of a function on a closed interval such that the absolute value of the difference in functional values at any two points in the interval is less than a constant times the absolute value of the difference of the points raised to some positive power m, called the order.
- lose no opportunity — If you say that someone loses no opportunity to do or say a particular thing, you are emphasizing that they do it or say it whenever it is possible.
- main-topgallantmast — the mast next above the main-topmast.
- means of production — resources: equipment, workers
- megabits per second — (unit) (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps.
- membership function — fuzzy subset
- meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
- mild silver protein — a compound of silver and a protein, applied to mucous membranes as a mild antiseptic.
- missionary position — a position for sexual intercourse in which the couple lies face to face with the male on top.
- moving spirit/force — The moving spirit or moving force behind something is the person or thing that caused it to start and to keep going, or that influenced people to take part in it.
- 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.
- nasty piece of work — malicious person
- 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.
- nine plus two array — the arrangement of microtubules in a flagellum or cilium, consisting of a ring of nine evenly spaced couplets surrounding two central singlets. Symbol: 9 + 2.
- nonrepresentational — not resembling or portraying any object in physical nature: a nonrepresentational painting.
- northern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator.
- notre-dame-de-paris — Also called Notre Dame de Paris [French naw-truh dam duh pa-ree] /French nɔ trə dam də paˈri/ (Show IPA). a famous early gothic cathedral in Paris (started 1163).
- old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
- old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- operational testing — (testing) A US DoD term for testing performed by the end-user on software in its normal operating environment.
- operations director — a director or senior manager who oversees the efficiency of business operations
- operations research — the analysis, usually involving mathematical treatment, of a process, problem, or operation to determine its purpose and effectiveness and to gain maximum efficiency.