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20-letter words containing a, t, o, l, s, i

  • soft gelatin capsule — A soft gelatin capsule is a type of capsule that is usually used to contain medicine in the form of liquid or powder, and which dissolves more quickly than a hard gelatin capsule.
  • solitary confinement — the confinement of a prisoner in a cell or other place in which he or she is completely isolated from others.
  • sound-and-light show — a nighttime spectacle or performance, at which a building, historic site, etc., is illuminated and the historic significance is imparted to spectators by means of narration, sound effects, and music.
  • south american plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the continent of South America and several ocean basins and bounded on the north by the Caribbean Plate, on the east by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, on the west by a submarine trench that borders the western coast of the continent, and on the south by the Antarctic Plate.
  • south atlantic ocean — the part of the Atlantic Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
  • south orkney islands — an uninhabited group of islands in the S Atlantic, southeast of Cape Horn: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; part of the British Antarctic Territory since 1962 (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty). Area: 621 sq km (240 sq miles)
  • southern oscillation — a low-latitude fluctuation of atmospheric pressure closely linked with El Niño events, specifically the periods of El Niño warming and La Niña cooling.
  • spanish oyster plant — a composite plant, Scolymus hispanicus, of southern Europe, having spiny, thistlelike leaf margins, small yellow flowers, and an edible root.
  • spatial technologies — (company)   Distributors of the ACIS solid modelling engine.
  • special boat service — a unit of the Royal Marines specializing in reconnaissance and sabotage
  • special patrol group — a former police unit tasked with counter terrorism in the Royal Ulster Constabulary
  • special relationship — the exceptionally close political, diplomatic, cultural and historical relations between the United States and the United Kingdom
  • spherical aberration — variation in focal length of a lens or mirror from center to edge, due to its spherical shape.
  • spherical coordinate — Usually, spherical coordinates. any of three coordinates used to locate a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes.
  • spotted crane's-bill — the American wild geranium, Geranium maculatum.
  • staff of aesculapius — a representation of a forked staff with an entwining serpent, used as a symbol of the medical profession and as the insignia of the American Medical Association and other medical organizations. Compare caduceus (def 2).
  • stained glass window — a window made of coloured glass, often showing religious pictures and usually seen in churches
  • state highway patrol — a state's road traffic police
  • structural isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
  • subscription library — a commercial lending library
  • surveillance society — a society where surveillance technology is widely used to monitor people's everyday activities
  • system international — Système International d'Unités
  • systemic circulation — the circulatory system in general.
  • television broadcast — sth shown on tv
  • television programme — a programme broadcast on television
  • the last word in sth — If you say that something is the last word in luxury, comfort, or some other quality, you are emphasizing that it has a great deal of this quality.
  • the legal profession — the profession of law
  • the whole nine yards — everything that is required; the whole thing
  • theosophical society — a society founded by Madame Blavatsky and others, in New York in 1875, advocating a worldwide eclectic religion based largely on Brahmanic and Buddhistic teachings.
  • there is no call for — If you say that there is no call for someone to behave in a particular way, you are criticizing their behaviour, usually because you think it is rude.
  • theresa of avila, st — Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
  • three-dimensionality — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
  • to burst into flames — If something bursts into flames or bursts into flame, it suddenly starts burning strongly.
  • to hit the headlines — Someone or something that hits the headlines or grabs the headlines gets a lot of publicity from the media.
  • to shake like a leaf — If you say that someone is shaking like a leaf, you mean that their body is shaking a lot, for instance because they are very cold or frightened.
  • townsend's solitaire — a brownish, slender-billed songbird, Myadestes townsendi, of western North America.
  • transcendental logic — (in Kantian epistemology) the study of the mind with reference to its perceptions of external objects and to the objective truth of such perceptions.
  • treaty of versailles — the treaty of 1919 imposed upon Germany by the Allies (except for the US and the Soviet Union): the most important of the five peace treaties that concluded World War I
  • troilus and cressida — a satiric comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare.
  • tropical disturbance — a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.
  • ultimate constituent — an element of a construction that cannot be further divided into grammatical constituents: the morphemes of an utterance are usually considered to be its ultimate constituents.
  • upper yosemite falls — a section of Yosemite Falls in central California, in the Yosemite National Park that is 436 m (1430 ft) high
  • vesicular stomatitis — a disease of horses, swine, and cattle, similar in its symptoms to foot-and-mouth disease, and characterized by blisters on the lips, snout, and oral mucous membranes.
  • voluntary euthanasia — the act of killing someone painlessly, esp to relieve suffering from an incurable illness, with their consent
  • warehouse facilities — places for storing goods
  • western civilization — European culture, thought
  • white bush (scallop) — a variety of summer squash having a saucer-shaped white fruit, scalloped around the edges
  • whyte classification — a system for classifying steam locomotives according to the total number of wheels on the front trucks, drivers, and rear trucks, in that order. For example, a Pacific locomotive is designated as 4-6-2.
  • william westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
  • winter olympic games — an international contest of winter sports, esp skiing, held every four years
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