19-letter words containing li

live one's own life — If you live your own life, you live in the way that you want to and accept responsibility for your actions and decisions, without other people's advice or interference.
long live/ long may — You use long live and long may in expressions such as 'long live the Queen' and 'long may it continue' to express your support for someone or something and your hope that they will live or last a long time.
look (like) oneself — to appear to be in normal health, spirits, etc.
lymphoproliferation — (medicine) the excessive production of lymphocytes.
lymphoproliferative — Characterized by lymphoproliferation.
malice aforethought — a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation (applied chiefly to cases of first-degree murder).
malicious falsehood — a lie told by someone who knows the lie is false or knows it will do harm to the person it is concerning
manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
massive retaliation — a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons.
memory like a sieve — a very poor memory
meningoencephalitic — Relating to meningoencephalitis.
meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
metropolitan county — (in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986
metropolitanization — to make metropolitan.
middle palaeolithic — the period between the Lower and the Upper Palaeolithic, usually taken as equivalent to the Mousterian
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.
mohammed ali jinnah — Mohammed Ali ("Quaid-i-Azam") 1876–1948, Muslim leader in India: first governor general of Pakistan 1947–48.
mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
mousseline de laine — a thin worsted fabric, often having a printed pattern.
multidimensionality — The property of being multidimensional.
multiplication sign — Arithmetic. the symbol (⋅), (×), or (∗) between two mathematical expressions, denoting multiplication of the second expression by the first. In certain algebraic notations the sign is suppressed and multiplication is indicated by immediate juxtaposition or contiguity, as in ab.
nagling coalescence — (networking, algorithm) An algorithm for improving TCP/IP network performance by combining small packets ("tinygrams") into larger ones, thus reducing the per-packet overhead. The server transmits the packet either when it has reached a preset size or when it receives an acknowledgment of the previous packet.
nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
near letter quality — a quality of print that is not quite letter quality, but is better than draft quality
new economic policy — (in the Soviet Union) a program in effect from 1921 to 1928, reviving the wage system and private ownership of some factories and businesses, and abandoning grain requisitions.
niccolo machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
non-confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
non-transferability — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
on the baker's list — in good health
open source license — (legal) Any document that attempts to specify open source usage and distribution of software. These licenses are usually drafted by experts and are likely to be more legally sound than one a programmer could write. However, loopholes do exist. Here is a non-exhaustive list of open source licenses: 1. Public Domain - No license. 2. BSD License - An early open source license 3. General Public License (GPL) - The copyleft license of the Free Software Foundation. Used for GNU software and much of Linux. 4. Artistic License Less restrictive than the GPL, permitted by Perl in addition to the GPL. 5. Mozilla Public Licenses. (MPL, MozPL) and Netscape Public License (NPL).
over-centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
over-commercialized — to make commercial in character, methods, or spirit.
over-sentimentality — the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
palisade parenchyma — the upper layer of ground tissue in a leaf, consisting of elongated cells beneath and perpendicular to the upper epidermis and constituting the primary area of photosynthesis.
papal infallibility — the dogma that the pope cannot err in a solemn teaching addressed to the whole church on a matter of faith or morals.
parallactic ellipse — the apparent ellipse, as seen against the background of more distant stars, described annually by a nearby star because of the earth's orbital motion around the sun. Compare parallax (def 2).
paraphase amplifier — an amplifier that produces a push-pull output from a single input.
parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
parliamentary agent — (in Britain) a person who is employed to manage the parliamentary business of a private group
pass someone's lips — to be eaten or drunk by someone
pastoral counseling — the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.
peak listening time — the time at which the highest numbers of audiences are listening to the radio
percussion drilling — Percussion drilling is a drilling method which involves lifting and dropping heavy tools to break rock, and uses steel casing tubes to stop the borehole from collapsing.
perfoliate bellwort — a slender plant, Uvularia perfoliata, of the lily family, of eastern North America, having pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
philippine mahogany — any of several Philippine trees of the genus Shorea and related genera, having brown or reddish wood used as lumber and in cabinetry.
pidgin sign english — an auxiliary language formed by using the signs and fingerspelling, but not the grammar, of American Sign Language in the word order of English, often used in communication between deaf signers and speakers of English. Abbreviation: PSE.
police headquarters — building where police are stationed

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