19-letter words containing u, r, a, e, m, i
- sb's spiritual home — your spiritual home is the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there
- semiconductor laser — a laser in which a semiconductor is the light-emitting source, used in many medical procedures.
- sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
- smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
- spin quantum number — the quantum number that designates the total angular momentum associated with electron spin and has a value of ½ in units of h /2π.
- strawberry geranium — a plant, Saxifraga stolonifera (or S. sarmentosa), of the saxifrage family, native to eastern Asia, that has rounded, variegated leaves and numerous threadlike stolons and is frequently cultivated as a houseplant.
- subminiature camera — a very small, palm-sized still camera for taking photographs on 16-millimeter or similar film.
- subsistence farming — farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.
- supreme de volaille — suprême (def 2).
- suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
- synchronous machine — an alternating-current machine in which the average speed of normal operation is exactly proportional to the frequency of the system to which it is connected.
- take a running jump — a contemptuous expression of dismissal
- telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
- term life insurance — life insurance for which premiums are paid over a limited time and that covers a specific term, the face value payable only if death occurs within that term.
- thermal equilibrium — the relationship between two systems connected only by a diathermic wall.
- three-martini lunch — an expensive lunch enjoyed by businessmen during the workday which is often accompanied by drinking
- thrust augmentation — an increase in the thrust of a jet or rocket engine, as by afterburning or reheating.
- 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.
- torricellian vacuum — the vacuum at the top of a Torricellian tube
- transuranic element — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- triangulum australe — a small bright triangular constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Ara and the Southern Cross, that contains an open star cluster
- tricalcium silicate — a component of cement, Ca 3 SiO 5 , also used in food to prevent caking.
- trisodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
- tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
- turbo-ramjet engine — a combination engine that can be operated as a turbojet or ramjet engine.
- ultracrepidarianism — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
- ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
- unit of measurement — physical quantity
- unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
- vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
- victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- volumetric analysis — determination of the concentration, by volume, of a substance in a solution, as by titration.