19-letter words containing rd

intercardinal point — any of the four points of the compass midway between the cardinal points; northeast, southeast, southwest, or northwest.
interdenominational — occurring between, involving, or common to different religious denominations.
interdepartmentally — involving or existing between two or more departments: interdepartmental rivalry.
interdisciplinarity — Any academic or scientific study that draws on the expertise of more than one discipline.
john maynard keynes — John Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.
keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
landscape gardening — the art or trade of designing or rearranging large gardens, estates, etc.
lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
lighten sb's burden — If someone or something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
lord baltimore cake — a yellow layer cake, using only the yolks of eggs and having a fruit-nut filling consisting of pecans, almonds, maraschino cherries, and macaroon crumbs.
major seventh chord — a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
minor seventh chord — a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
national book award — any of several awards given annually, 1949–79, to an author whose book was judged the best in its category: administered by the Association of American Publishers. Abbreviation: NBA, N.B.A.
national coal board — a statutory corporation set up to run Britain's nationalised coal mining industry between 1947 and 1994, at which time the industry was privatized
non-standardization — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
northwest ordinance — the act of Congress in 1787 providing for the government of the Northwest Territory and setting forth the steps by which its subdivisions might become states.
occupational hazard — a danger or hazard to workers that is inherent in a particular occupation: Silicosis is an occupational hazard of miners.
of one's own accord — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
order of the garter — the highest order of British knighthood, instituted by Edward III about 1348.
ordnance survey map — An Ordnance Survey map is a detailed map produced by the British or Irish government map-making organization.
out of the ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
pre-order traversal — traversal
rancho palos verdes — a town in SW California.
recording equipment — devices used for sound reproduction
recording secretary — an officer charged with keeping the minutes of meetings and responsible for the records.
removable hard disk — (storage) A type of magnetic disk, or possibly magneto-optical disk which is not permanently attached to the disk drive (not a fixed disk) but which can be taken out and replaced, allowing many disks to be used in the same drive. The term "removable disk" would seem to be applicable to floppy disks but is generally reserved for hard disks in suitable cartridges such as those made by Syquest, Iomega and others. Removable disk packs were common on minicomputers such as the PDP-11 in use in the 1970s except that the drives were the size of washing machines and the disk packs as big as car wheels. Removable disks became popular on microcomputers in the 1990s as a cheap way of expanding disk space, transporting large amounts of data between computers and storing backups. Large, cheap fixed hard disks and USB memory sticks have made removable disks less attractive.
samoa standard time — a standard time used in the zone which includes American Samoa, corresponding to the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west of Greenwich, England: it is eleven hours behind Greenwich time
san bernardino pass — a pass over the Lepontine Alps in SE Switzerland. Highest point: 2062 m (6766 ft)
standard atmosphere — an arbitrarily determined vertical distribution of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and density, assumed to have physical constants and conforming to parametric equations, used for calculations in ballistics, the design of pressure altimeters, etc.
stanford university — (education) A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
stanford-binet test — a revised version of the Binet-Simon scale, prepared at Stanford University for use in the U.S.
starve the bardies! — an exclamation of surprise or protest
stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
stratford-upon-avon — town in S Warwickshire, England, on the Avon: birthplace & burial place of Shakespeare: pop. of county district (called Stratford-on-Avon) 106,000
swallow one's words — to retract a statement, argument, etc, often in humiliating circumstances
take my word for it — If you say to someone 'take my word for it', you mean that they should believe you because you are telling the truth.
talleyrand-perigord — Charles Maurice de [sharl moh-rees duh] /ʃarl moʊˈris də/ (Show IPA), Prince de Bénévent [duh bey-ney-vahn] /də beɪ neɪˈvɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1754–1838, French statesman.
teilhard de chardin — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, French Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and philosopher.
the admiralty board — (formerly) a department of the British Ministry of Defence, responsible for the administration and planning of the Royal Navy
the varangian guard — the bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor in the late 10th and 11th centuries, consisting of Varangians
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).
third law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
throw sth overboard — If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely.
to play hard to get — If someone plays hard to get, they pretend not to be interested in another person or in what someone is trying to persuade them to do.
verdigris toadstool — a basidiomycetous fungus, Stropharia aeruginosa, having a distinctive and unusual blue-green cap and paler shaggy stem
video tape recorder — a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
william howard taft — Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).

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