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17-letter words containing c, o, n, t

  • social settlement — settlement (def 14).
  • socratic elenchus — the drawing out of the consequences of a position in order to show them to be contrary to some accepted position
  • softvelocity inc. — (company)   The distributors of the Clarion family of application development systems.
  • soil conservation — any of various methods to achieve the maximum utilization of the land and preserve its resources through such controls as crop rotation, prevention of soil erosion, etc.
  • solicitor general — a law officer who maintains the rights of the state in suits affecting the public interest, next in rank to the attorney general.
  • sound effects man — a man who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
  • sound spectrogram — a graphic representation, produced by a sound spectrograph, of the frequency, intensity, duration, and variation with time of the resonance of a sound or series of sounds.
  • south sea company — a British joint stock company that traded in South America in the 18th century. The South Sea Company took over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks, and a financial crash in 1720 (the South Sea Bubble)
  • spaghettification — the theoretical stretching of an object as it encounters extreme differences in gravitational forces, especially those associated with a black hole.
  • special constable — a person recruited for temporary or occasional police duties, esp in time of emergency
  • special education — education that is modified or particularized for those with singular needs, as disabled or maladjusted people, slow learners, or gifted children.
  • speech correction — the reeducation of speech habits that deviate from accepted speech standards.
  • speed restriction — the maximum speed allowed for road vehicles, trains, or other vehicles
  • spit in the ocean — a variety of poker in which four cards are dealt face down to each player and one card, forming the fifth for all hands, is dealt face up in the center of the table, the exposed card and others of its denomination being wild cards.
  • spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
  • spot announcement — a brief radio or television announcement, usually an advertisement, made by an individual station during or after a network program.
  • staff association — an association of employees that performs some of the functions of a trade union, such as representing its members in discussions with the management, and may also have other social and professional purposes
  • stag's-horn coral — staghorn coral.
  • stand on ceremony — to insist on or act with excessive formality
  • 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.
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • stenothermophilic — growing best within a narrow temperature range.
  • stonewall jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • strange attractor — Physics. a stable, nonperiodic state or behavior exhibited by some dynamic systems, especially turbulent ones, that can be represented as a nonrepeating pattern in the system's phase space.
  • stretch limousine — a limousine that has been lengthened to provide extra seating accommodation and more legroom
  • stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • suction lipectomy — the removal of fatty tissue by making a small incision in the skin, loosening the fat layer, and withdrawing it by suction.
  • 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.
  • superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
  • switching station — A switching station is equipment used to tie together two or more electric circuits through switches.
  • synchronistically — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronous motor — a synchronous machine that acts as a motor.
  • synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • tabernacle mirror — a mirror of c1800, having columns and a cornice, usually gilt, with a painted panel over the mirror.
  • 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).
  • take exception to — object to sth
  • 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
  • take no notice of — pay no attention to, disregard
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