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18-letter words containing a, s, c, e, t, i

  • telecommunications — 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.
  • television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
  • television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
  • tertiary structure — the way in which the helixes or beta structures of a polypeptide are folded or arranged into a three-dimensional configuration.
  • that's the ticket! — that's the correct or proper thing! that's right!
  • the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
  • the cat's whiskers — a person or thing that is excellent or superior
  • the coast is clear — If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
  • the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
  • the practicalities — the real facts or details of a situation, as opposed to its theoretical aspects
  • the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
  • thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
  • threatened species — a species likely, in the near future, to become an endangered species within all or much of its range.
  • tick all the boxes — to satisfy all of the apparent requirements for success
  • to cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
  • to lick into shape — If you lick, knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
  • to pick and choose — If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
  • to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
  • translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
  • transrectification — rectification occurring in one circuit as a result of the application of an alternating voltage to another circuit.
  • transverse section — cross section (def 1).
  • triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
  • ulcerative colitis — chronic ulceration in the large intestine, characterized by painful abdominal cramps and profuse diarrhea containing pus, blood, and mucus.
  • ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
  • ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
  • under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • unenthusiastically — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
  • venture capitalist — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • video compact disc — (storage)   (VCD) A storage format used for film distribution.
  • warehouse capacity — the amount of storage space in a warehouse
  • water stick insect — a slender sticklike flightless water bug, Ranatra linearis, that is predatory on small creatures such as water fleas
  • watson-crick model — a widely accepted model for the three-dimensional structure of DNA, featuring a double-helix configuration for the molecule's two hydrogen-bonded complementary polynucleotide strands.
  • whittaker chambers — Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
  • wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
  • writ of assistance — a writ issued by a superior colonial court authorizing officers of the British crown to summon aid and enter and search any premises.
  • yeast nucleic acid — RNA.
  • young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party
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