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19-letter words containing a, b, d, u, l

  • municipal bond fund — a mutual fund that invests in municipal bonds.
  • non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • normal distribution — a theoretical frequency distribution represented by a normal curve.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • optical double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
  • parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
  • perpetual debenture — a bond or debenture that can either never be redeemed or cannot be redeemed on demand
  • profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
  • pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
  • republic of irelandJohn, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
  • specialized subject — a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge
  • subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
  • submandibular gland — either of a pair of salivary glands located one on each side of and beneath the lower jaw.
  • tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
  • to hold your breath — If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water.
  • to turn a blind eye — If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.
  • turn a blind eye to — to pretend not to notice or ignore deliberately
  • unlimited liability — liability that is not restricted to any unpaid portion of nominal capital invested in a business
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