19-letter words containing ent
- juvenile delinquent — a minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits antisocial or criminal acts, as vandalism or violence.
- keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
- knock-out agreement — an agreement between bidders at an auction or sale not to bid against each other
- lame duck amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, that abolished the December to March session of those Congressmen defeated for reelection in November.
- land of enchantment — New Mexico (used as a nickname).
- leading coefficient — the coefficient of the term of highest degree in a given polynomial. 5 is the leading coefficient in 5 x 3 + 3 x 2 − 2 x + 1.
- least recently used — (operating systems) (LRU) A rule used in a paging system which selects a page to be paged out if it has been used (read or written) less recently than any other page. The same rule may also be used in a cache to select which cache entry to flush. This rule is based on temporal locality - the observation that, in general, the page (or cache entry) which has not been accessed for longest is least likely to be accessed in the near future.
- level of attainment — one of ten groupings, each with its own attainment criteria based on pupil age and ability, within which a pupil is assessed
- leveling instrument — an instrument used to establish a horizontal line of sight, usually by means of a spirit level.
- licensing agreement — an agreement that sets out the fees and terms of use for something available only under licence
- light entertainment — entertainment that requires less mental effort to enjoy, or is considered frivolous
- lobby correspondent — a political correspondent who reports from parliament
- loss-of-containment — Loss-of-containment happens when a fluid which is usually contained somewhere escapes from that place.
- lucent technologies — (company, telecommunications, Unix) The former systems and equipment portion of AT&T (including Bell Laboratories), split off in 1996.
- mail transfer agent — Message Transfer Agent
- major seventh chord — a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
- management training — training provided to managers in order to increase their management skills
- market segmentation — the division of a market into identifiable groups, esp to improve the effectiveness of a marketing strategy
- marriage settlement — a formal agreement made before marriage disposing of the property of the couple to be married
- military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
- military pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different events, a 300-meter freestyle swim, a 4000-meter cross-country run, a 5000-meter equestrian steeplechase, épée fencing, and pistol target-shooting at 25 meters, the winner being the contestant with the highest total score.
- minor seventh chord — a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
- missing fundamental — a tone, not present in the sound received by the ear, whose pitch is that of the difference between the two tones that are sounded
- mud object oriented — (games) (MOO) One of the many MUD spin-offs (e.g. MUSH, MUSE, and MUX) created to diversify the realm of interactive text-based gaming. A MOO is similar to a MUSH in that the users themselves can create objects, rooms, and code to add to the environment. The most frequently used server software for running a MOO is LambdaMOO but alternatives include WinMOO and MacGoesMOO.
- multiple-entry visa — a visa that permits the holder to enter a country several times
- mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
- national convention — French History. the legislature of France 1792–95.
- national government — A national government is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
- nemine dissentiente — no one dissenting; unanimously.
- night-scented stock — a plant, Matthiola bicornis, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- non-confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- non-interventionism — abstention by a nation from interference in the affairs of other nations or in those of its own political subdivisions.
- nonrepresentational — not resembling or portraying any object in physical nature: a nonrepresentational painting.
- north-central state — a state of N Nigeria. Capital: Kaduna. Pop: 4 438 007 (1995 est). Area: 46 053 sq km (17 781 sq miles)
- nuclear disarmament — the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world
- object-oriented sql — (language) (OSQL) A functional language, a superset of SQL, used in Hewlett-Packard's OpenODB database system.
- oriental fruit moth — a moth, Grapholitha molesta, introduced into the U.S. from Asia, the larvae of which infest and feed on the twigs and fruits of peach, plum, and related trees.
- outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
- outstation movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
- over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
- oxidation potential — (in a galvanic cell) the potential of the electrode at which oxidation occurs.
- parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
- parliamentary agent — (in Britain) a person who is employed to manage the parliamentary business of a private group
- patent infringement — breach of copyright
- peridental membrane — periodontal membrane.
- permanent secretary — the senior civil servant responsible for running a government ministry
- perpetual debenture — a bond or debenture that can either never be redeemed or cannot be redeemed on demand
- perpetual inventory — a form of stock control in which running records are kept of all acquisitions and disposals
- persistent offender — a person who repeatedly breaks the law