19-letter words containing sp
- lobby correspondent — a political correspondent who reports from parliament
- manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
- metaphosphoric acid — an acid, HPO 3 , derived from phosphorous pentoxide, and containing the smallest amount of water of the phosphoric acids.
- moving spirit/force — The moving spirit or moving force behind something is the person or thing that caused it to start and to keep going, or that influenced people to take part in it.
- new zealand spinach — a plant, Tetragonia tetragonioides, of warm regions, cultivated for its edible leaves, eaten as a vegetable.
- northern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the North Pole and the equator.
- old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- parachute spinnaker — a very large spinnaker used on a racing yacht.
- participatory sport — a sport in which people take part, (as opposed to a spectator sport)
- particle dispersoid — A particle dispersoid is a suspension of solid particles in a gas.
- pied-de-biche spoon — a spoon having a handle with a trifid end.
- polyphosphoric acid — any one of a series of oxyacids of phosphorus with the general formula Hn+2PnO3n+1. The first member is pyrophosphoric acid (n = 2) and the series includes the highly polymeric metaphosphoric acid. The higher acids exist in an equilibrium mixture
- portuguese-speaking — being a speaker of Portuguese; having Portuguese as the national language
- potassium phosphate — any of the three orthophosphates of potassium ((potassium monophosphate) (K 2 HPO 4), (potassium diphosphate) (KH 2 PO 4), and (tripotassium phosphate) (K 3 PO 4) )
- promotion prospects — the chances or prospects an employee has for promotion or for gaining a better position, often in the same company
- property speculator — a person who takes part in property speculation
- pyrophosphoric acid — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, H 4 P 2 O 7 , formed by the union of one molecule of phosphorus pentoxide with two molecules of water.
- refreshable display — braille display
- respiratory failure — a condition in which the respiratory system is unable to provide an adequate supply of oxygen or to remove carbon dioxide efficiently
- respiratory pigment — any of several colored protein substances, as hemoglobin and hemocyanin, in the circulatory system of animals and some plants, that combine reversibly with oxygen that is carried to the tissues
- resplendent quetzal — See under quetzal (def 1).
- ring-spinning frame — a machine containing the ring, traveler, and bobbin used in spinning yarn.
- royal correspondent — a journalist who reports on matters relating to royalty
- sb's spiritual home — your spiritual home is the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there
- sea floor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
- sea-floor spreading — a process in which new ocean floor is created as molten material from the earth's mantle rises in margins between plates or ridges and spreads out.
- self-responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- single-line display — a display that presents information in a single line
- southern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.
- spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
- spanish inquisition — the Inquisition in Spain, under state control from 1480 to 1834, marked by the extreme severity and cruelty of its proceedings in the 16th century.
- spanish west africa — a former overseas territory of Spain in NW Africa: divided in 1958 into the overseas provinces of Ifni and Spanish Sahara
- spare a thought for — If you spare a thought for an unfortunate person, you make an effort to think sympathetically about them and their bad luck.
- speaking in tongues — a form of glossolalia in which a person experiencing religious ecstasy utters incomprehensible sounds that the speaker believes are a language spoken through him or her by a deity.
- special air service — a regiment in the British Army specializing in clandestine operations
- special partnership — limited partnership.
- specialized subject — a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge
- specific characters — the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others
- specific resistance — resistivity (def 2).
- specific-resistance — the power or property of resistance.
- specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
- speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
- speeding conviction — a conviction for breaking the speed limit while driving a vehicle
- sphere of influence — any area in which one nation wields dominant power over another or others.
- spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
- spider-hunting wasp — any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae
- spin quantum number — the quantum number that designates the total angular momentum associated with electron spin and has a value of ½ in units of h /2π.
- spirit of hartshorn — a colorless, pungent, suffocating, aqueous solution of about 28.5 percent ammonia gas: used chiefly as a detergent, for removing stains and extracting certain vegetable coloring agents, and in the manufacture of ammonium salts.
- splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
- split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision