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19-letter words containing a, l, t, i, e, s

  • sodium thiosulphate — a white soluble substance used, in the pentahydrate form, in photography as a fixer to dissolve unchanged silver halides and also to remove excess chlorine from chlorinated water. Formula: Na2S2O3
  • solar neutrino unit — Astronomy. a unit equal to 10 −36 neutrino captures per second per target atom, used as a measure of the flux of neutrino radiation from the sun. Abbreviation: SNU.
  • solid-state physics — the branch of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter, especially solids; the study of the electromagnetic, structural, and thermodynamic properties of solids.
  • soviet central asia — the region of the former Soviet Union now occupied by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
  • sow one's wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  • spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
  • special partnership — limited partnership.
  • specialized subject — a school or university subject that concentrates on a particular field of knowledge
  • 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
  • spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
  • splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • squamous epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of scalelike cells.
  • squirrel-tail grass — any of various grasses having long fruiting stalks.
  • st.-germain-en-laye — a city in N France, near Paris: royal château and forest; treaties 1570, 1632, 1679, 1919.
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • standing martingale — martingale (def 1).
  • stanislavski method — method (def 5).
  • steamroller tactics — repressive tactics
  • sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
  • stick to one's last — a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
  • stochastic variable — a random variable.
  • strain at the leash — to be impatient to have freedom from restraint
  • straits settlements — a former British crown colony in SE Asia: included the settlements of Singapore, Penang, Malacca, and Labuan.
  • strangulated hernia — a hernia, especially of the intestine, that swells and constricts the blood supply of the herniated part, resulting in obstruction and gangrene.
  • streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
  • strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
  • structural engineer — A structural engineer is an engineer who works on large structures such as roads, bridges, and large buildings.
  • subjective idealism — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
  • subnuclear particle — any of the elementary particles, including those that do not exist in stable matter but appear as a result of high-energy collisions of other particles or nuclei.
  • supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
  • supernatural virtue — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
  • suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
  • swallow-tailed coat — tail coat.
  • swallow-tailed kite — an American kite, Elanoides forficatus, having black upper parts, white head and underparts, and a long, deeply forked tail.
  • swedish nightingale — Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
  • sweetheart neckline — a neckline on a woman's garment, as a dress, with a high back and a low-cut front with two curved edges resembling the conventionalized shape of a heart.
  • sweetness and light — extreme or excessive pleasantness or amiability.
  • switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
  • tamper-evident seal — A tamper-evident seal is a sealing device designed to reveal if the opening of a container has been interfered with.
  • tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
  • teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
  • technical institute — a higher-education institution
  • telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
  • term life insurance — life insurance for which premiums are paid over a limited time and that covers a specific term, the face value payable only if death occurs within that term.
  • tetramethyldiarsine — an oily slightly water-soluble poisonous liquid with garlic-like odour. Its derivatives are used as accelerators for rubber
  • that's more like it — If you say that's more like it, you mean that the thing that you are referring to is more satisfactory than it was on earlier occasions.
  • the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
  • the lesser antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean, including the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, Barbados, and the Netherlands Antilles
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