19-letter words that end in s

chlorofluorocarbons — Plural form of chlorofluorocarbon.
cholecystolithiasis — The presence of a gallstone specifically in the gall bladder.
choledocholithiasis — The presence of gallstones in the common bile duct.
chrestien de troyes — c1140–c90, French poet.
chromoblastomycosis — Long-term fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
city of seven hills — Rome2
class consciousness — awareness of belonging to a particular social rank or grade
classical economics — a system or school of economic thought developed by Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Malthus, and David Ricardo, advocating minimum governmental intervention, free enterprise, and free trade, considering labor the source of wealth and dealing with problems concerning overpopulation.
classical mechanics — the study of mechanics using Newton's laws rather than quantum theory and relativity
co-respondent shoes — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
coca colonization's — to bring (a foreign country) under the influence of U.S. trade, popular culture, and attitudes.
common area charges — (in the US) charges paid by tenants for the maintenance of the common areas of a block of flats
communion of saints — the spiritual fellowship of all true Christians, living and dead
community relations — the particular state of affairs in an area where potentially conflicting ethnic, religious, cultural, political, or linguistic groups live together
complexity analysis — In sructured program design, a quality-control operation that counts the number of "compares" in the logic implementing a function; a value of less than 10 is considered acceptable.
contemporaneousness — The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
contradistinguishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contradistinguish.
coronary thrombosis — A coronary thrombosis is the same as a coronary.
counterinsurgencies — Plural form of counterinsurgency.
course requirements — the qualifications that are required for acceptance onto a degree course
court of st james's — the official name of the royal court of Britain
cowboys and indians — a children's game in which players imitate the supposed behavior of cowboys and Indians in conflict, as in shooting, chasing, and capturing.
creeping bent grass — a grass, Agrostis stolonifera, grown as a pasture grass in Europe and North America: roots readily from the stem
creeping featuritis — (jargon) /kree'ping fee'-chr-i:`t*s/ A variant of creeping featurism, with its own spoonerism: "feeping creaturitis". Some people like to reserve this form for the disease as it actually manifests in software or hardware, as opposed to the lurking general tendency in designers' minds. -ism means "condition" or "pursuit of", whereas -itis usually means "inflammation of".
cross one's fingers — to fold one finger across another in the hope of bringing good luck
crystallized fruits — fruits that are covered in sugar which is melted and then allowed to harden
cudgel one's brains — to think hard about a problem
current liabilities — business liabilities maturing within a year
customs regulations — the regulations relating to customs in a particular country
datatron 200 series — (computer) A family of computers produced by Burroughs that included the Datatron 204 and Datatron 220.
dictionary of names — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
digital electronics — (electronics) The implementation of two-valued logic using electronic logic gates such as and gates, or gates and flip-flops. In such circuits the logical values true and false are represented by two different voltages, e.g. 0V for false and +5V for true. Similarly, numbers are normally represented in binary using two different voltages to represented zero and one. Digital electronics contrasts with analogue electronics which represents continuously varying quantities like sound pressure using continuously varying voltages. Digital electronics is the foundation of modern computers and digital communications. Massively complex digital logic circuits with millions of gates can now be built onto a single integrated circuit such as a microprocessor and these circuits can perform millions of operations per second.
diminishing returns — any rate of profit, production, benefits, etc., that beyond a certain point fails to increase proportionately with added investment, effort, or skill.
director of studies — a member of staff at an educational institution who has responsibility for overseeing the curriculum
directory enquiries — Directory enquiries is a service which you can telephone to find out someone's telephone number.
disadvantageousness — The state or quality of being disadvantageous.
disenfranchisements — Plural form of disenfranchisement.
distinguishableness — The state or quality of being distinguishable.
distributed systems — distributed system
double yellow lines — parallel yellow lines painted down the centre of a roadway to indicate that overtaking is not permitted in either direction
draw in one's horns — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
drill-down analysis — drill down
dutchman's-breeches — a plant, Dicentra cucullaria, of the fumitory family, having long clusters of pale-yellow, two-spurred flowers.
east-west relations — relations between the United States and its allies in the western alliance and the Soviet Union, it allies and other Communist countries, especially during the period between the end of World War II and the fall of the Soviet regime
ecatepec de morelos — a city in S central Mexico, a suburb of Mexico City: on a 12th-century Aztec site.
electrocardiographs — Plural form of electrocardiograph.
electrodynamometers — Plural form of electrodynamometer.
electronegativities — Plural form of electronegativity.
electronic graphics — (on television) the production of graphic designs and text by electronic means
electrostatic units — the system of CGS electric and magnetic units that assigns the value of one to the dielectric constant of a vacuum

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