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17-letter words containing a, c, t, i, u

  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • septicemic plague — an especially dangerous form of plague in which the infecting organisms invade the bloodstream. Compare plague (def 2).
  • sequential access — of or relating to a storage medium, as magnetic tape, in which records must be accessed by reading or writing from the beginning of the file.
  • sequential-access — of or relating to a storage medium, as magnetic tape, in which records must be accessed by reading or writing from the beginning of the file.
  • shirt-tail cousin — a distant cousin
  • shouting distance — hailing distance.
  • shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
  • silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
  • situations vacant — Situations Vacant is the title of a column or page in a newspaper where jobs are advertised.
  • social accounting — the analysis of the economy by sectors leading to the calculation and publication of economic statistics, such as gross national product and national income
  • socratic elenchus — the drawing out of the consequences of a position in order to show them to be contrary to some accepted position
  • sodium bichromate — a red or orange crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and inks, as a corrosion inhibitor, a mordant, a laboratory reagent, in the tanning of leather, and in electroplating.
  • sodium dichromate — a red or orange crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and inks, as a corrosion inhibitor, a mordant, a laboratory reagent, in the tanning of leather, and in electroplating.
  • sodium salicylate — a white, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 NaO 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and glycerol: used in medicine as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory, and as a preservative.
  • south west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • south-west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • special education — education that is modified or particularized for those with singular needs, as disabled or maladjusted people, slow learners, or gifted children.
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • square centimeter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one centimeter on each side. 2 , sq. cm. Abbreviation: cm.
  • square the circle — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • st. vitus's dance — St. Vitus's dance.
  • stand-up comedian — performer: tells jokes
  • standard function — a subprogram provided by a translator that carries out a task, for example the computation of a mathematical function, such as sine, square root, etc
  • stannous chloride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, SnCl 2 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly as a reducing and tinning agent, and as a mordant in dyeing with cochineal.
  • stay of execution — If you are given a stay of execution, you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
  • suffice it to say — Suffice it to say or suffice to say is used at the beginning of a statement to indicate that what you are saying is obvious, or that you will only give a short explanation.
  • sufficient reason — the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • survival instinct — the instinct in humans and animals to do things in a dangerous situation that will prevent them from dying
  • taconic mountains — a mountain range in SE New York, W Massachusetts, and SW Vermont, a highly eroded part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak, Mount Equinox, in Vermont 3816 feet (1163 meters).
  • tactile corpuscle — an oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers and toes, and functioning as a touch receptor.
  • take into account — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • take into custody — to arrest
  • teacher education — training to become a teacher, usually at an institution of higher education
  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • telecommunicating — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
  • telecommunication — Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.
  • terminal juncture — a form of juncture consisting of a change in pitch before a pause, marking the end of an utterance or a break between utterances, as between clauses. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7), open juncture.
  • territorial court — a court established in U.S. territories that is empowered to hear local and federal cases.
  • tertiary consumer — a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.
  • textual criticism — lower criticism.
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the final curtain — the closing of the curtain at the end of the action of a play
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