19-letter words containing li

chinese sacred lily — a Chinese amaryllidaceous plant, Narcissus tazetta orientalis, widely grown as a house plant for its fragrant yellow and white flowers
cholecystolithiasis — The presence of a gallstone specifically in the gall bladder.
choledocholithiasis — The presence of gallstones in the common bile duct.
choledocholithotomy — The removal of the gallstone from the bile duct in a case of choledocholithiasis.
christian socialist — a member of any of certain European political parties advocating a form of social organization based on Christian and socialistic principles.
circulating library — a small library circulated in turn to a group of schools or other institutions
client-server model — client-server
clinical depression — depression in a patient that meets defined criteria and that is deemed to merit treatment
clinical governance — a systematic approach to raising standards of health care and tackling poor performance in hospitals
clinical psychology — the branch of psychology that studies and treats mental illness and mental retardation
clinicopathological — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
cobalt violet light — a pigment used in painting consisting mainly of arsenate of cobalt, characterized chiefly by its violet color, permanence, and poisonous properties.
collect on delivery — payment in cash when a purchase or shipment is delivered
collision detection — (networking) A class of methods for sharing a data transmission medium in which hosts transmit as soon as they have data to send and then check to see whether their transmission has suffered a collision with another host's. If a collision is detected then the data must be resent. The resending algorithm should try to minimise the chance that two hosts's data will repeatedly collide. For example, the CSMA/CD protocol used on Ethernet specifies that they should then wait for a random time before re-transmitting. See also backoff. This contrasts with slotted protocols and token passing.
collision insurance — insurance protecting an automobile owner against loss or damage to the automobile resulting from a collision or other accident.
columnar epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.
command line option — (software) (Or "option", "flag", "switch", "option switch") An argument to a command that modifies its function rather than providing data. Options generally start with "-" in Unix or "/" in MS-DOS. This is usually followed by a single letter or occasionally a digit. More recently, GNU software adopted the --longoptionname style, usually in addition to traditional, single-character, -x style equivalents. Some commands require each option to be a separate argument, introduced by a new "-" or "/", others allow multiple option letters to be concatenated into a single argument with a single "-" or "/", e.g. "ls -al". A few Unix commands (e.g. ar, tar) allow the "-" to be omitted. Some options may or must be followed by a value, e.g. "cc prog.c -o prog", sometimes with and sometimes without an intervening space.
common iliac artery — iliac artery (def 1).
common-iliac-artery — Also called common iliac artery. either of two large arteries that conduct blood to the pelvis and the legs.
commonsense realism — naive realism.
community policeman — a police officer assigned to a particular area
complete fertilizer — a fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, the three principal elements required for plant nutrition.
complimentary close — the part of a letter that by convention immediately precedes the signature, as “Very truly yours,” “Cordially,” or “Sincerely yours.”.
conceptualistically — In a conceptualistic sense.
consolidated school — a public school attended by pupils from several adjoining, esp. rural, districts
continental climate — a climate characterized by hot summers, cold winters, and little rainfall, typical of the interior of a continent
conventionalization — to make conventional.
conversational lisp — (language) (CLISP) A mixed English-like, ALGOL-like surface syntax for Interlisp.
corrosive sublimate — mercuric chloride
cosmopolitanization — to make cosmopolitan.
counterintelligence — Counterintelligence consists of actions that a country takes in order to find out whether another country is spying on it and to prevent it from doing so.
countervailing duty — an extra import duty imposed by a country on certain imports, esp to prevent dumping or to counteract subsidies in the exporting country
cracked gas cooling — Cracked gas cooling is a process in which the temperature of a cracked gas is reduced in order to separate it into different product streams.
criminal negligence — negligence which is punishable under the law
crinoline stretcher — (on a Windsor chair) a stretcher having an inwardly curved piece connecting the front legs, and connected to the back legs by short, straight pieces.
cross-fertilization — fertilization by the fusion of male and female gametes from different individuals of the same species
crown green bowling — (in Britain) bowls played on a crown green
crystallized fruits — fruits that are covered in sugar which is melted and then allowed to harden
crystallized ginger — sugar-coated ginger
cuboidal epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of cells of cuboid or polyhedral shape.
cult of personality — a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.
current liabilities — business liabilities maturing within a year
curvilinear tracery — tracery, especially of the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by a pattern of irregular, boldly curved forms.
dangling participle — a participle intended to modify a noun but having the wrong grammatical relationship to it as for example having left in the sentence Having left Europe for good, Peter's future seemed bleak indeed
data link switching — (networking) (DLSw) A standard for transporting IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) traffic over an Internet protocol network. Initially, in 1992, DLSw was proprietary to IBM. It was submitted to the IETF as RFC 1434 in 1993, later updated by RFC 1795.
de broglie equation — the postulate of wave mechanics that a particle of mass m moving at a velocity v will have the properties of a wave of wavelength h / mv (de Broglie wavelength) where h is Planck's constant.
de-compartmentalize — to divide into categories or compartments.
de-internationalize — to make international, as in scope or character: a local conflict that was internationalized into a major war.
de-militarised zone — (networking) (DMZ) (From the military term for an area between two opponents where fighting is prevented) DMZ Ethernets connect networks and computers controlled by different bodies. They may be external or internal. External DMZ Ethernets link regional networks with routers to internal networks. Internal DMZ Ethernets link local nodes with routers to the regional networks. Compare red zone.
decontextualization — to remove (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) from a context: decontextualized works of art displayed in museums.

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