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19-letter words containing s, u, r, o, n

  • house of councilors — the upper house of the Japanese diet.
  • household insurance — an arrangement in which you pay money to a company, and they pay money to you if your household goods are stolen or damaged
  • hudson river school — a group of American painters of the mid-19th century whose works are characterized by a highly romantic treatment of landscape, especially along the Hudson River.
  • human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
  • huntington's chorea — a hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by brain deterioration and loss of control over voluntary movements, the symptoms usually appearing in the fourth decade of life.
  • idea of pure reason — any of the three undemonstrable entities (a personal soul, a cosmos, and a supreme being) implicit in the fact of a subject and an object of knowledge, and in the need for some principle uniting them.
  • immunocytochemistry — the detection of chemical components of cells by means of antibodies coupled to substances that can be made visible.
  • incommensurableness — (rare) Incommensurability.
  • index expurgatorius — a list of books now included in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, forbidden to be read except from expurgated editions.
  • instrumentalisation — (philosophy) The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
  • instrumentalization — Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.
  • inter-institutional — of, relating to, or established by institution.
  • internal-combustion — of or relating to an internal-combustion engine.
  • intracutaneous test — a test for immunity or allergy to a particular antigen by observing the local reaction following injection of a small amount of the antigen into the skin.
  • isobutyl propionate — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 14 O 2 , used chiefly as a paint, varnish, and lacquer solvent.
  • jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
  • judicial separation — a decree of legal separation of spouses that does not dissolve the marriage bond.
  • junction transistor — a bipolar transistor consisting of two p-n junctions combined to form either an n-p-n or a p-n-p transistor, having the three electrodes, the emitter, base, and collector
  • keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
  • leisure occupations — activities which you enjoy and which you perform in your free time
  • limit of resolution — the capacity of an optical system to resolve point objects as separate images.
  • lose no opportunity — If you say that someone loses no opportunity to do or say a particular thing, you are emphasizing that they do it or say it whenever it is possible.
  • lose your virginity — When you lose your virginity, you have sex for the first time.
  • louis ii de bourbon — Condé, Prince de.
  • lumholtz's kangaroo — boongary.
  • machine instruction — (programming)   The smallest element of a machine code program.
  • magnesium carbonate — a white powder, MgCO 3 , insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in acids, used in dentifrices and cosmetics, in medicine as an antacid, and as a refractory material.
  • magnesium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, Mg(OH) 2 , used chiefly in medicine as an antacid and as a laxative.
  • manchester autocode — (language, history)   The predecessor of Mercury Autocode.
  • manual transmission — an automotive transmission in which the driver shifts gears manually.
  • master of foxhounds — the person responsible for the conduct of a fox hunt and to whom all members of the hunt and its staff are responsible. Abbreviation: M.F.H.
  • matthias i corvinus — ?1440–90, king of Hungary (1458–90): built up the most powerful kingdom in Central Europe. A patron of Renaissance art, he founded the Corvina library, one of the finest in Europe
  • maturation division — a stage in meiosis during which the chromosomal number of the reproductive cell is reduced to one chromosome from each original chromosome pair.
  • means of production — resources: equipment, workers
  • membership function — fuzzy subset
  • molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
  • montezuma's revenge — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.
  • mother-of-thousands — strawberry geranium.
  • motorway restaurant — a restaurant on a motorway
  • mount desert island — an island off the coast of E central Maine: summer resort; forms part of Acadia National Park. 14 miles (23 km) long; 8 miles (13 km) wide.
  • munchausen syndrome — a factitious disorder in which otherwise healthy individuals seek to hospitalize themselves with feigned or self-induced pathology in order to receive surgical or other medical treatment.
  • mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
  • music to one's ears — something that is very pleasant to hear
  • muster in (or out) — to enlist in (or discharge from) military service
  • mutual masturbation — the act of two or more people masturbating each other
  • narcotics anonymous — an organization that helps drug users recover from drug addiction
  • natural catastrophe — A natural catastrophe is an unexpected event, caused by nature, such as an earthquake or flood, in which there is a lot of suffering, damage, or death.
  • neuropsychodynamics — The theoretical synthesis of neuroscience and psychodynamics.
  • neurotransmissional — Relating to neurotransmission.
  • new year resolution — a promise to yourself or decision to do something, especially to improve one's behaviour or lifestyle in some way, during the year ahead
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