20-letter words containing d, i, s, t, e

standstill agreement — law: between company and bidder
steak and kidney pie — meat pastry
stockholders' equity — the net assets of a corporation as owned by stockholders in capital stock, capital surplus, and undistributed earnings.
stokes-adams disease — unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures.
string correspondent — stringer (def 6).
subjective idea-list — a doctrine that the world has no existence independent of sensations or ideas.
subscription edition — an edition of one or more volumes for which a number of prospective purchasers place orders, usually in advance of publication.
sufficient condition — a statement whose truth is sufficient to guarantee the truth of a given statement
suitland-silver hill — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
sunday-go-to-meeting — most presentable; best: Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
swan's neck pediment — a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S -curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the scrolls.
switchboard operator — a person who operates an installation in a telephone exchange, office, hotel, etc, at which the interconnection of telephone lines is manually controlled
symmetric difference — the union of the relative complements of two sets.
synchronized skating — the art or sport of teams of up to twenty skaters holding onto each other and moving in patterns in time to music
take into one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
take sides/sb's side — If you take sides or take someone's side in an argument or war, you support one of the sides against the other.
television broadcast — sth shown on tv
terms and conditions — commerce: rules, restrictions
terrestrial guidance — a method of missile or rocket guidance in which the flight path is controlled by reference to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational or magnetic field
tetrahydrogestrinone — a synthetic anabolic steroid. Formula: C21H28O2
the (great) pyramids — the three large pyramids at Gîza, Egypt: the largest is the Pyramid of Khufu
the founding fathers — any of the men who were members of the U.S. Constituional Convention of 1787
the garment industry — the manufacturing of items of clothing
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 leisure industry — businesses such as cinemas, restaurants, sports facilities etc
the methodist church — a group of people within the Christian religion who follow a system of faith and practice initiated by the English preacher John Wesley (1703–91) and his followers
the thousand guineas — an annual horse race, restricted to fillies, run at Newmarket since 1814
the whole nine yards — everything that is required; the whole thing
thermodynamic system — a system whose states of equilibrium can be specified by a few macroscopic properties.
third-party software — software created by programmers or publishers independent of the manufacturer of the hardware for which it is intended.
three-dimensionality — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
to disturb the peace — If someone is accused of disturbing the peace, they are accused of behaving in a noisy and offensive way in public.
to give sb their due — You can say 'to give him his due', or 'giving him his due' when you are admitting that there are some good things about someone, even though there are things that you do not like about them.
to hit the headlines — Someone or something that hits the headlines or grabs the headlines gets a lot of publicity from the media.
to let the side down — If you say that someone has let the side down, you mean that they have embarrassed their family or friends by behaving badly or not doing well at something.
to sb's disadvantage — If something is to your disadvantage or works to your disadvantage, it creates difficulties for you.
to spread your wings — If you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience.
townsend's solitaire — a brownish, slender-billed songbird, Myadestes townsendi, of western North America.
toxic shock syndrome — a rapidly developing, sometimes fatal infection characterized by sudden onset of fever, gastrointestinal upsets, a sunburnlike rash, and a drop in blood pressure: caused by a Staphylococcus aureus toxin and occurring especially in menstruating women using high-absorbency tampons. Abbreviation: TSS.
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.
transmission density — a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation, equal to the logarithm to base ten of the reciprocal of the transmittance
troilus and cressida — a satiric comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare.
tropical disturbance — a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.
tubing head pressure — The tubing head pressure is the pressure on the tubing, which is measured at the wellhead.
twiddle one's thumbs — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
twilight of the gods — Götterdämmerung.
twisted stomach worm — stomach worm.
uncertificated share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
under the impression — If you are under the impression that something is the case, you believe that it is the case, usually when it is not actually the case.
under the microscope — If you say that something is under the microscope, you mean that it is being studied very closely, usually because it is believed that something is wrong with it.

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