16-letter words containing a, b, s, c, i
- strict liability — responsibility for damage or loss regardless of intention or culpability
- strike a balance — compromise
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- subjectification — to make subjective.
- submarine chaser — a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.
- subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- superserviceable — overly disposed to be of service; officious.
- symbolical books — the books containing the creeds, beliefs, or doctrine of religious groups that have emerged since the Reformation
- sysdeco mimer ab — (company) Part of the international software group Sysdeco Group AS. They developed the MIMER RDBMS. Address: Uppsala, Sweden.
- take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
- tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
- vascular cambium — cambium.
- vegetable slicer — a device with a sharp blade for slicing vegetables finely;
- witches' sabbath — Sabbat.
- yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them