19-letter words containing int
- public-interest law — a branch of law that often utilizes class-action suits to protect the interest of a large group or of the public at large, as in matters relating to racial discrimination, air pollution, etc.
- put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
- put sth into action — If you put an idea or policy into action, you begin to use it or cause it to operate.
- run into the ground — to do too long or too often; overdo
- saint luke's summer — a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
- saint patrick's day — March 17, observed by the Irish in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
- saint simon zelotes — one of the 12 apostles, who had probably belonged to the Zealot party before becoming a Christian (Luke 6:15). Owing to a misinterpretation of two similar Aramaic words he is also, but mistakenly, called the Canaanite (Matthew 10:4). Feast day: Oct 28 or May 10
- saint swithin's day — July 15, superstitiously regarded as a day that, should it rain or be fair, will be followed by 40 consecutive days of like weather.
- saint vitus's dance — chorea (def 2).
- secondary intention — See under intention (def 5b).
- secondary-intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
- self-interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
- sexual inter-course — genital contact, especially the insertion of the penis into the vagina followed by orgasm; coitus; copulation.
- social intelligence — the ability to form rewarding relationships with other people
- splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
- spotted wintergreen — an evergreen plant, Chimaphila maculata, of central North America, having leaves with mottled-white veins and white, fragrant flowers.
- stabilization print — a print made by the stabilization process.
- strict counterpoint — the application of the rules of counterpoint as an academic exercise
- third international — an international organization (1919–43), founded in Moscow, uniting Communist groups of various countries and advocating the attainment of their ends by violent revolution. Also called Comintern, Communist International. Compare international (def 6).
- three-point landing — an aircraft landing in which the two wheels of the main landing gear and the tail or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously.
- to click into place — If you have been trying to understand something puzzling and then everything falls into place or clicks into place, you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer.
- triple counterpoint — invertible counterpoint involving three transposable voices.
- vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
- waterglass painting — stereochromy.