19-letter words containing t, r, i, c, y
- social anthropology — study of human culture
- social security act — a law passed in 1935 providing old-age retirement insurance, a federal-state program of unemployment compensation, and federal grants for state welfare programs.
- sodium hypochlorite — a pale-green, crystalline compound, NaOCl, unstable in air, soluble in cold water, decomposes in hot water: used as a bleaching agent for paper and textiles, in water purification, in household use, and as a fungicide.
- spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
- stationers' company — a company or guild of the city of London composed of booksellers, printers, dealers in writing materials, etc., incorporated in 1557.
- stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
- superiority complex — an exaggerated feeling of one's own superiority.
- symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
- synthetic detergent — any synthetic substance, other than soap, that is an effective cleanser and functions equally well as a surface-active agent in hard or soft water.
- telephone directory — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
- the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
- theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
- to carry conviction — If something carries conviction, it is likely to be true or likely to be believed.
- to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
- to click your heels — If someone such as a soldier clicks their heels, they make a sound by knocking the heels of their shoes together when saluting or greeting someone.
- to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
- to lick your wounds — If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.
- to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
- trickle-down theory — an economic theory that monetary benefits directed especially by the government to big business will in turn pass down to and profit smaller businesses and the general public.
- typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
- ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
- ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
- university entrance — an examination taken by pupils of postprimary schools
- vapor recovery unit — A vapor recovery unit is a system for recovering vapors from inside sealed crude oil or condensate tanks, with a scrubber (= a device for removing unwanted substances) and compressor (= a device that raises pressure).
- velocity microphone — a microphone in which the output varies according to the instantaneous velocity of the air molecules in the incident sound waves.
- veterinary medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of diseases in animals, especially domesticated animals.
- voltaic electricity — electric current; moving electric charges.
- volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.
- websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
- young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998