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19-letter words that end in t

  • characteristic root — a scalar for which there exists a nonzero vector such that the scalar times the vector equals the value of the vector under a given linear transformation on a vector space.
  • christian scientist — a believer in Christian Science; a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist.
  • christian socialist — a member of any of certain European political parties advocating a form of social organization based on Christian and socialistic principles.
  • clandestine entrant — a person who hides in or on a vehicle as it enters the United Kingdom with the aim of avoiding immigration controls
  • classroom assistant — a person whose job is to help a schoolteacher in the classroom
  • cloakroom attendant — a person whose job is to check coats and other personal items for visitors to a place
  • cobalt violet light — a pigment used in painting consisting mainly of arsenate of cobalt, characterized chiefly by its violet color, permanence, and poisonous properties.
  • coded character set — (character, standard)   A mapping, generally 1:1, from a set of integers, known as character codes or code positions, to a set of characters that may include letters, digits, punctuation, control codes, mathematical and typographic symbols. There are several standard coded character sets, the most widely used is ASCII, generally in its Latin-1 dialect, with Unicode becoming slowly more common; while EBCDIC and Baudot are extinct except in legacy systems.
  • come to think of it — You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious.
  • commission merchant — a person who buys or sells goods for others on a commission basis
  • communications port — (hardware, communications)   A connector for a communications interface, usually, a serial port.
  • concertina movement — a principle of table construction in which hinged sections of the frame, ordinarily folded inward out of sight, can be pulled into line with the parts of the frame ordinarily seen to permit the addition of leaves.
  • container transport — the transport of cargo in containers
  • corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
  • court correspondent — (in Britain) a journalist who covers stories about the royal family
  • creative department — the department of a company or organization responsible for the design and creation of advertisements and marketing materials
  • data protection act — (legal)   (DPA) A UK law guaranteeing rights to individuals in relation to personal data that others hold on them. For example, under the DPA, you have the right to see what data a company holds on you.
  • database management — the maintenance of information stored in a computer system
  • declare an interest — to make known one's connection, esp a prejudicial connection, with an affair
  • deficiency judgment — a judgment in favor of a mortgagee for the remainder of a debt not completely cleared by foreclosure and sale of the mortgaged property
  • dental receptionist — a receptionist working in a dental surgery
  • diamond ring effect — a phenomenon, sometimes observed immediately before and after a total eclipse of the sun, in which one of Baily's beads is much brighter than the others, resembling a diamond ring around the moon.
  • dielectric constant — Electricity. the ratio of the flux density produced by an electric field in a given dielectric to the flux density produced by that field in a vacuum.
  • diriment impediment — a fact or circumstance that renders a marriage void from the beginning.
  • disablement benefit — (in Britain) a noncontributory benefit payable to a person disabled through injury or disease caused by their work
  • disciples of christ — a Christian denomination, founded in the U.S. by Alexander Campbell in the early part of the 19th century, that rejects all creeds, holds the Bible as a sufficient rule of faith and practice, administers baptism by immersion, celebrates the Lord's Supper every Sunday, and has a congregational polity.
  • discretionary trust — a trust in which the beneficiaries' shares are not fixed in the trust deed but are left to the discretion of other persons, often the trustees
  • discussion document — a document that puts forward some ideas or opinions that might form the basis of a discussion of a particular topic
  • dispatch department — the department of an organization responsible for the dispatch of orders
  • do one's level best — If you say that you will do your level best to do something, you are emphasizing that you will try as hard as you can to do it, even if the situation makes it very difficult.
  • doctrine of descent — the theory that animals and plants arose by descent from previously existing organisms; theory of evolution
  • double counterpoint — invertible counterpoint using two transposable voices.
  • eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • economic management — the management of the resources, finances, income, and expenditure of a community, business enterprise, etc
  • ecumenical movement — See under ecumenical (def 4).
  • effervescent tablet — Effervescent tablets break down quickly when they are dropped into water or another liquid.
  • electrophysiologist — A physiologist whose speciality is electrophysiology.
  • environmental audit — the systematic examination of an organization's interaction with the environment, to assess the success of its conservation or antipollution programme
  • essence of bergamot — a fragrant essential oil from the fruit rind of this plant, used in perfumery and some teas (including Earl Grey)
  • european parliament — law: assembly in Strasbourg
  • executive agreement — an agreement made between the US President and the head of a foreign state, having the effect of a treaty
  • executive president — a president in certain systems of government who possesses wide powers
  • experimenter effect — the influence of an experimenter's expectations on his results
  • extradition warrant — a warrant for somebody's extradition
  • facultative apomict — a plant that can reproduce sexually or asexually.
  • family-sized packet — a large packet
  • feel strongly about — to have decided opinions concerning
  • fertility treatment — the application of any of various methods or procedures to a woman or man to increase the woman's chances of conceiving a baby
  • fifteenth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibiting the restriction of voting rights “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”.
  • financial statement — a document that records the financial activities and state of an organization or person
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