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19-letter words that end in t

  • not much to look at — unattractive or unimpressive
  • not worth a crumpet — utterly worthless
  • nothing of the sort — not at all as described
  • nuclear disarmament — the gradual reduction and eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world
  • nuclear power plant — factory that generates atomic energy
  • office-block ballot — a ballot on which the candidates are listed alphabetically, with or without their party designations, in columns under the office for which they were nominated.
  • on the baker's list — in good health
  • oscillating circuit — a circuit producing electrical oscillations.
  • outstation movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
  • palaeoethnobotanist — someone who studies fossil seeds and grains to further archaeological knowledge, esp of the domestication of cereals
  • paleoanthropologist — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
  • parathyroid extract — an aqueous preparation obtained from the parathyroid gland of cattle, used in medicine chiefly in cases of parathyroid deficiency and in veterinary medicine in the treatment of tetanic convulsions.
  • parliamentary agent — (in Britain) a person who is employed to manage the parliamentary business of a private group
  • participatory sport — a sport in which people take part, (as opposed to a spectator sport)
  • party-column ballot — Indiana ballot.
  • paschen-back effect — a splitting of spectral lines observed when the source of a radiation is subjected to a strong magnetic field, caused when the vectors associated with the spin and orbital angular momentum exhibit individual rather than common precession.
  • patent infringement — breach of copyright
  • patrol torpedo boat — PT boat.
  • pedestrian precinct — A pedestrian precinct is a street or part of a town where vehicles are not allowed.
  • perfoliate bellwort — a slender plant, Uvularia perfoliata, of the lily family, of eastern North America, having pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
  • personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
  • photovoltaic effect — the phenomenon in which the incidence of light or other electromagnetic radiation upon the junction of two dissimilar materials, as a metal and a semiconductor, induces the generation of an electromotive force.
  • physical impairment — A physical impairment is a condition in which a part of a person's body is damaged or is not working properly.
  • physician assistant — a person trained and certified to perform various medical procedures under the supervision of a physician
  • pinwheel escapement — a clock escapement in which two pallets, usually of unequal length, alternately engage and release pins set on the escape wheel perpendicular to its plane of rotation.
  • point the finger at — to accuse or blame
  • political scientist — A political scientist is someone who studies, writes, or lectures about political science.
  • political-scientist — a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government.
  • politically correct — marked by or adhering to a typically progressive orthodoxy on issues involving especially ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or ecology: The actor’s comment about unattractive women was not politically correct. The CEO feels that people who care about being politically correct are overly sensitive. Abbreviations: PC, P.C.
  • presumption of fact — a presumption based on experience or knowledge of the relationship between a known fact and a fact inferred from it.
  • primary containment — Primary containment is the main means of preventing leaks and spills using equipment in direct content with the oil or gas being stored or transported.
  • primitive methodist — a member of a Protestant denomination (Primitive Methodist Church) founded in England in 1812 and later established in the U.S., characterized by its adherence to the basic doctrines, principles, and practices taught by John Wesley.
  • property settlement — an agreement between a divorcing husband and wife covering the division of their assets
  • psychrometric chart — a chart for calculating values of relative humidity, absolute humidity, and dew point from psychrometer readings.
  • puncture repair kit — set of tools for patching a bicycle tyre
  • put sth to the test — If you put something to the test, you find out how useful or effective it is by using it.
  • put your foot in it — If someone puts their foot in it or puts their foot in their mouth, they accidentally do or say something which embarrasses or offends people.
  • quick-change artist — a person adept at changing from one thing to another, as an entertainer who changes costumes quickly during a performance.
  • radioactive fallout — the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
  • recording equipment — devices used for sound reproduction
  • register assignment — (compiler, algorithm)   The phase of a compiler that determines which register to use for each program value selected during register allocation.
  • relative complement — the set of elements contained in a given set that are not elements of another specified set.
  • relative impediment — a fact or circumstance that disqualifies from lawful marriage persons who are closely related.
  • resistance movement — a movement fighting (for freedom, etc), often secretly or illegally, against an invader in an occupied country or against the country's government, etc
  • respiratory pigment — any of several colored protein substances, as hemoglobin and hemocyanin, in the circulatory system of animals and some plants, that combine reversibly with oxygen that is carried to the tissues
  • revenue enhancement — a new tax or a tax increase.
  • rocky mountain goat — a long-haired, white, antelopelike wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of mountainous regions of western North America, having short, black horns.
  • royal correspondent — a journalist who reports on matters relating to royalty
  • seasonal adjustment — an adjustment that removes the seasonal component of statistics
  • self-aggrandizement — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
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