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17-letter words containing d, e, s, c, n, a

  • san pedro channel — a strait between the mainland of SW California and Santa Catalina Island. About 20 miles (32 km) wide.
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
  • school attendance — a measure of the number of children who attend school and the amount of time they are present
  • sea-island cotton — a long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies.
  • search and rescue — Search and rescue operations involve looking for people who are lost or in danger, for example, after a war or a natural disaster, and bringing them back safely.
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • second derivative — the derivative of the derivative of a function: Acceleration is the second derivative of distance with respect to time.
  • second generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
  • second lieutenant — an Army, Air Force, or Marine officer of the lowest commissioned rank. Compare ensign (def 4).
  • second-generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
  • second-hand smoke — from sb else's cigarette
  • second-in-command — A second-in-command is someone who is next in rank to the leader of a group, and who has authority to give orders when the leader is not there.
  • secondary battery — storage battery.
  • secondary boycott — a boycott by union members against their employer in order to induce the employer to bring pressure on another company involved in a labor dispute with the union.
  • secondary contact — communication or relationship between people characterized by impersonal and detached interest on the part of those involved.
  • secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
  • secondary process — the conscious mental activity and logical thinking controlled by the ego and influenced by environmental demands.
  • secondary product — a product that is not the main product of an industry; a by-product
  • secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
  • secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
  • secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
  • self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
  • self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
  • self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
  • self-dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
  • semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
  • shouting distance — hailing distance.
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • sixth commandment — “Thou shalt not kill”: sixth of the Ten Commandments.
  • smarandache logic — neutrosophic logic
  • socially included — benefiting from social inclusion
  • 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.
  • special education — education that is modified or particularized for those with singular needs, as disabled or maladjusted people, slow learners, or gifted children.
  • spitting distance — a short space or distance
  • st. vitus's dance — St. Vitus's dance.
  • stand on ceremony — to insist on or act with excessive formality
  • stand-up comedian — performer: tells jokes
  • 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.
  • sum and substance — main idea, gist, or point: the sum and substance of an argument.
  • sunday observance — the fact of keeping Sunday as a special day when people go to church
  • superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
  • supreme commander — the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.
  • surface condenser — a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface.
  • surgical dressing — a dressing made of cotton, used for incisions made during surgery
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
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