19-letter words containing em
- semipalmated plover — a New World plover, Charadrius semipalmatus, having a black ring around the chest and semipalmate feet, inhabiting beaches and salt marshes.
- semisubmersible rig — Also called semisubmersible rig. a self-propelled barge that is mounted on partially submerged legs supported by underwater pontoons, rides at anchor, and serves as a work base and living quarters in deep offshore drilling operations.
- sessional indemnity — the remuneration paid to a member of the Canadian parliament.
- sickle-cell anaemia — Sickle-cell anaemia is an inherited illness in which the red blood cells become curved, causing a number of health problems.
- signalling system 7 — (protocol) (SS7) A protocol suite used for communication with, and control of, telephone central office switches and their attached processors.
- small advertisement — a short, simply designed advertisement in a newspaper or magazine, usually set entirely in a small size of type
- southern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.
- straits settlements — a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan.
- supplementary angle — either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 180°.
- supplementary story — follow-up (def 3b).
- supreme de volaille — suprême (def 2).
- system requirements — specifications needed to run a program
- systems engineering — an engineer who specializes in the implementation of production systems.
- tempest in a teapot — a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- termtime employment — employment undertaken by a student during the period in which a college or university is in session
- the labour movement — a movement campaigning for the interests of working people, for example for better working conditions, better treatment from employers, etc
- the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
- thermionic emission — the emission of electrons from very hot solids or liquids: used for producing electrons in valves, electron microscopes, X-ray tubes, etc
- threshold agreement — an agreement between an employer and employees or their union to increase wages by a specified sum if inflation exceeds a specified level in a specified time
- tired and emotional — slightly drunk
- to lose your temper — If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
- 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.
- ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
- unit of measurement — physical quantity
- vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
- viatical settlement — the purchase by a charity of a life assurance policy owned by a person with only a short time to live, to enable that person to use the proceeds during his or her lifetime
- victor emmanuel iii — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- wade-giles (system) — a system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Latin alphabet, in wide use esp. before Pinyin was adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979