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21-letter words containing e, a, s, t, o, r

  • spherical coordinates — 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.
  • spin angular momentum — to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels.
  • stabilization-process — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
  • staffordshire terrier — former name of American Staffordshire terrier.
  • stare one in the face — to be glaringly obvious or imminent
  • stations of the cross — a series of 14 crosses, often accompanied by 14 pictures or carvings, arranged in order around the walls of a church, to commemorate 14 supposed stages in Christ's journey to Calvary
  • statutory declaration — a declaration made under statutory authority before a justice of the peace or commissioner for oaths which may in certain cases be substituted for a statement on oath
  • steady-state response — A steady-state response is the behavior of a circuit after a long time when steady conditions have been reached after an external excitation.
  • steal someone's heart — to cause someone to feel love or affection
  • steer clear of sb/sth — If you steer clear of someone or something, you deliberately avoid them.
  • step-down transformer — a device that transfers an alternating current from one circuit to one or more other circuits with a decrease of voltage
  • stick in one's throat — to be difficult, or against one's conscience, for one to accept, utter, or believe
  • stock list department — (in an American stock exchange) the department dealing with monitoring compliance with its listing requirements and rules
  • stokes-adams syndrome — unconsciousness accompanying atrioventricular heart block, sometimes characterized by weakness, irregular pulse, and intermittent convulsive or nonconvulsive seizures.
  • stop loss reinsurance — Stop loss reinsurance is a form of reinsurance under which the reinsurer pays the cedant's losses in any year over a particular percentage of the earned premium.
  • strachey, christopher — Christopher Strachey
  • strategic air command — a U.S. Air Force command charged with intercontinental air strikes, especially nuclear attacks.
  • student participation — the extent to which students participate or involve themselves in a class, course, etc
  • subliminal perception — perception of or reaction to a stimulus that occurs without awareness or consciousness
  • substitution reaction — the replacement of an atom or group of atoms in a compound by another atom or group.
  • suction and curettage — a technique involving extraction of the fetus through a suction tube, used to perform abortions during the early stages of pregnancy.
  • sun protection factor — SPF.
  • sunday school teacher — someone who teaches at a Sunday school
  • supergranulation cell — one of a number of large convection cells in the photosphere and chromosphere of the sun, each having a diameter of 10,000–20,000 miles (16,000–32,000 km) and lasting longer than a day.
  • surface acoustic wave — an acoustic wave generated on the surface of a piezoelectric substrate: used as a filter in electronic circuits
  • surface friction drag — the part of the drag on a body moving through a fluid that is dependent on the nature of the surface of the body
  • surface of projection — the surface upon which an image or a set of points is projected.
  • surface of revolution — a surface formed by revolving a plane curve about a given line.
  • surface-to-underwater — (of a missile, message, etc.) traveling from the surface of the earth to a target underwater.
  • sympathetic vibration — a vibration induced by resonance.
  • systeme international — Système International d'Unités
  • take one's finger out — stop delaying or procrastinating
  • take sb at their word — If you take someone at their word, you believe what they say, when they did not really mean it or when they meant something slightly different.
  • take sb/sth seriously — If you take someone or something seriously, you believe that they are important and deserve attention.
  • take someone prisoner — to capture and hold someone as a prisoner, esp as a prisoner of war
  • tape operating system — (operating system)   (TOS) An IBM operating system for System 360, used in the early days around 1965 to support the IBM 360 model 30 et al. TOS was a predecessor to IBM's Disk Operating System. TOS died out really early as disks such as the 2311 and 2314 became common with the IBM 360 whereas thet had been a real luxury on the IBM 7090.
  • tartarian honeysuckle — an Asian honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica, having fragrant, white to pink flowers.
  • temperature inversion — inversion (def 12).
  • tenure track position — a position or office that carries with it the opportunity to eventually obtain tenure or the right to permanent employment
  • terrestrial radiation — long-wave electromagnetic radiation in the form of heat emitted from the earth's surface and atmosphere.
  • terrestrial telescope — a refracting telescope having inverting lenses or an eyepiece that presents an erect image.
  • tetrabromofluorescein — eosin (def 1).
  • the (norman) conquest — the conquering of England by the Normans under William the Conqueror in 1066
  • the acting profession — actors considered as a group
  • the barber of seville — Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia. a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.
  • the central provinces — the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec
  • the comrades marathon — an annual long-distance race run every year on the 16th of June from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, a distance of approximately 90 kilometres (56 miles)
  • the corncracker state — a nickname for the state of Kentucky
  • the fall of the cards — the chance distribution of cards in a given deal
  • the fast track to sth — the quickest or most direct route or system
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