18-letter words containing c, l, a, y, s
- psychosociological — psychological and sociological
- publishing company — a firm which publishes books
- pyrosulphuric acid — a fuming liquid acid made by adding sulphur trioxide to concentrated sulphuric acid. Formula: H2S2O7
- quality of service — (communications, networking) (QoS) The performance properties of a network service, possibly including throughput, transit delay, priority. Some protocols allow packets or streams to include QoS requirements.
- quasi-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- repayment schedule — a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan, such as monthly payment, interest rate, due dates etc
- rotary clothesline — an apparatus of radiating spokes that support lines on which clothes are hung to dry
- sampling frequency — sample rate
- schwarz inequality — Also called Cauchy's inequality. the theorem that the inner product of two vectors is less than or equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors.
- seagate technology — (company) A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. They changed the name to Seagate Technology soon after to avoid confusion, and also to avoid friction with Xerox, which had since purchased Alan's earlier company, Shugart Associates. Address: 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA. Fax: +1 (408) 438 3320.
- secondary diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.
- secondary syphilis — the second stage of syphilis, characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane.
- secretarial agency — a recruiting business which deals with jobs for secretaries
- securities analyst — an expert who advises on investment in securities such as stocks, shares and bonds
- security clearance — access to top secret information
- self-contradictory — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
- self-deprecatingly — in a self-deprecating manner
- semi-microanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
- shugart technology — Seagate Technology
- significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
- sociopsychological — of, relating to, or characterized by interrelated social and psychological factors.
- special relativity — the state or fact of being relative.
- spectroheliography — the process of obtaining an image of the sun in light of a particular wavelength, such as calcium or hydrogen, showing the distribution of the element over the surface and in the solar atmosphere, using a spectroheliograph
- spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
- spotted flycatcher — a European woodland songbird, Muscicapa striata, with a greyish-brown streaked plumage: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)
- static electricity — a stationary electric charge built up on an insulating material.
- stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
- stoichiometrically — of or relating to stoichiometry.
- stokely carmichael — Hoagland Howard [hohg-luh nd] /ˈhoʊg lənd/ (Show IPA), ("Hoagy") 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.
- strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
- structural geology — the branch of geology dealing with the structure and distribution of the rocks that make up the crust of the earth. Also called tectonics. Compare structure (def 7a).
- study hall teacher — a teacher who supervises or helps students during a period of time or lesson used for studying
- sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
- super royal octavo — a book size, 63⁄4 by 101⁄4 inches
- superciliary ridge — browridge.
- television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
- translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
- unconstitutionally — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
- 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
- wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
- yeast nucleic acid — RNA.