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19-letter words containing t, r, a, c, e, y

  • cooperative society — a commercial enterprise owned and managed by and for the benefit of customers or workers
  • coordinate geometry — analytic geometry.
  • countervailing duty — an extra import duty imposed by a country on certain imports, esp to prevent dumping or to counteract subsidies in the exporting country
  • country and western — Country and western is the same as country music.
  • country-and-western — country music.
  • crystallized fruits — fruits that are covered in sugar which is melted and then allowed to harden
  • crystallized ginger — sugar-coated ginger
  • cult of personality — a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
  • cultural relativity — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
  • curvilinear tracery — tracery, especially of the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by a pattern of irregular, boldly curved forms.
  • data encryption key — (DEK) Used for the encryption of message text and for the computation of message integrity checks (signatures). See cryptography.
  • deacetyltransferase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups, especially from a lysine residue of a histone.
  • dictionary of names — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
  • discretionary trust — a trust in which the beneficiaries' shares are not fixed in the trust deed but are left to the discretion of other persons, often the trustees
  • distance university — a degree-granting institution operating wholly or mainly by correspondence courses for students not resident on or within commuting distance of the campus.
  • electrocardiography — The measurement of electrical activity in the heart and the recording of such activity as a visual trace (on paper or on an oscilloscope screen), using electrodes placed on the skin of the limbs and chest.
  • electrodynamometers — Plural form of electrodynamometer.
  • electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
  • electromagnetically — By means of electromagnetism.
  • electromechanically — In an electromechanical way.
  • electronic keyboard — a typewriter keyboard used to operate an electronic device such as a computer, word processor, etc
  • electropalatography — the study of the movements of the tongue during speech using touch-sensitive electrodes in the mouth linked to a computer
  • electrophoretically — By means of electrophoresis.
  • elementary particle — any of several entities, such as electrons, neutrons, or protons, that are less complex than atoms and are regarded as the constituents of all matter
  • energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
  • engineering factory — a factory where engineering products are made
  • entry qualification — the qualifications and conditions required to join an organization, club, etc
  • executive secretary — supports executives or departments
  • expeditionary force — An expeditionary force is a group of soldiers who are sent to fight in a foreign country.
  • expressionistically — In an expressionistic manner.
  • family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
  • forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
  • fractional currency — coins or paper money of a smaller denomination than the basic monetary unit.
  • free-market economy — an economy based on the free market system
  • functional currency — Functional currency is the main currency used by a business.
  • glyceryl trinitrate — nitroglycerin.
  • gray-cheeked thrush — a North American thrush, Catharus minimus, having olive upper parts and grayish cheeks.
  • heavy-water reactor — a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water as moderator
  • heptachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twenty-four isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing seven chlorine atoms.
  • hermetically sealed — airtight
  • hydrochlorothiazide — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 7 H 8 ClN 3 O 4 S 2 , used as a diuretic and in the treatment of hypertension.
  • hydrostatic balance — a balance for finding the weight of an object submerged in water in order to determine the upthrust on it and thus determine its relative density
  • hyper-nationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
  • hyperbolic cosecant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of hyperbolic sine
  • hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
  • hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
  • indemnity insurance — insurance covering against damage or loss
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