19-letter words containing t, r, u, e, c, o

saturation coverage — news coverage (of an event, etc) that is very thorough in order not to miss any details
scattersite housing — public housing, especially for low-income families, built throughout an urban area rather than being concentrated in a single neighborhood.
screen actors guild — a labor union for motion-picture performers, founded in 1933. Abbreviation: SAG.
secondary education — education at high-school level
secondary qualities — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
secondary structure — the arrangement of a polypeptide into a regular alpha helix, beta structure, or random coil configuration by the formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds along the length of the chain.
seleucia tracheotis — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
self-congratulating — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
self-congratulation — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
self-congratulatory — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
self-reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
senatorial courtesy — the practice in the U.S. Senate of confirming only those presidential appointees approved by both senators from the state of the appointee, or by the senior senator of the president's party.
sensitometric curve — characteristic curve.
sexual inter-course — genital contact, especially the insertion of the penis into the vagina followed by orgasm; coitus; copulation.
sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
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.
southern crab apple — a tree, Malus angustifolia, of the eastern U.S., having oblong leaves, fragrant, pink or rose-colored flowers, and small, round, yellow-green fruit.
specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
strict counterpoint — the application of the rules of counterpoint as an academic exercise
substitution cipher — a cipher that replaces letters of the plain text with another set of letters or symbols.
subtractive process — a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.
superiority complex — an exaggerated feeling of one's own superiority.
take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
teacher-pupil ratio — the number of teachers relative to the number of pupils in a particular school
telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
the buck stops here — the ultimate responsibility lies here
the channel country — an area of E central Australia, in SW Queensland: crossed by intermittent rivers and subject to both flooding and long periods of drought
the four corners of — You can use expressions such as the four corners of the world to refer to places that are a long way from each other.
theatrical producer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of a theatrical production
theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
to be up shit creek — to be in an extremely bad situation
to bury the hatchet — If two people bury the hatchet, they become friendly again after a quarrel or disagreement.
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 change your tune — If you say that someone has changed their tune, you are criticizing them because they have changed their opinion or way of doing things.
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 come full circle — If you say that you have come full circle or have turned full circle, you mean that after a long series of events or changes the same situation that you started with still exists.
to suck someone dry — If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
to the prejudice of — to the detriment of
torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
triple counterpoint — invertible counterpoint involving three transposable voices.
trooping the colour — a military ceremony, performed by regiments of the British army and the Commonwealth, in which the regimental colour or flag is marched past ranks of troops
trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
trusteeship council — a United Nations body that supervises the government of a territory by a foreign country

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