21-letter words containing e, r, n, s, t

great st bernard pass — St. Bernard, Great.
greater sunda islands — a group of islands in the W Malay Archipelago, forming the larger part of the Sunda Islands: consists of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
greenwich observatory — the national astronomical observatory of Great Britain, housed in a castle in E Sussex; formerly located at Greenwich.
guaranteed scheduling — (algorithm) A scheduling algorithm used in multitasking operating systems that guarantees fairness by monitoring the amount of CPU time spent by each user and allocating resources accordingly.
have a strong stomach — not to be prone to nausea
have the inside track — If you say that someone has the inside track, you mean that they have an advantage, for example special knowledge about something.
help a person on with — to assist a person in the putting on of (clothes)
henry steele commager — Henry Steele, 1902–98, U.S. historian, author, and teacher.
heterogeneous network — (networking) A network running multiple network layer protocols such as DECnet, IP, IPX, XNS.
highest common factor — greatest common divisor. Abbreviation: H.C.F.
homolosine projection — an equal-area projection of the world, distorting ocean areas in order to minimize the distortion of the continents.
horizontal stabilizer — the horizontal surface, usually fixed, of an aircraft empennage, to which the elevator is hinged.
horns and halo effect — a tendency to allow one's judgement of another person, esp in a job interview, to be unduly influenced by an unfavourable (horns) or favourable (halo) first impression based on appearances
house of prostitution — a brothel.
hyperkinetic disorder — another name for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
hysterosalpingography — (medicine) X-ray examination of the uterus and oviducts following injection of a radiopaque substance.
ibm customer engineer — (job) (CE) A hardware guy from IBM.
identical proposition — a proposition in which the subject and predicate have the same meaning, as, “That which is mortal is not immortal.”.
identification papers — documents that serve to establish someone's identity
immunoelectrophoresis — a technique for the separation and identification of mixtures of proteins, consisting of electrophoresis followed by immunodiffusion.
in (or out of) phase — in (or not in) a state of exactly parallel movements, oscillations, etc.; in (or not in) synchronization
in a state of undress — If someone is in a state of undress, they do not have all their clothes on.
in good circumstances — (of a person) in a good financial situation
in more ways than one — You say in more ways than one to indicate that what you have said is intended to have more than one meaning.
in no uncertain terms — If you say that someone tells a person something in no uncertain terms, you are emphasizing that they say it strongly and clearly so that there is no doubt about what they mean.
in one's shirtsleeves — not wearing a jacket
in the course of time — eventually
in the first instance — You say in the first instance to mention something that is the first step in a series of actions.
indicated horse-power — the horsepower of a reciprocating engine as shown by an indicator record. Abbreviation: ihp, IHP.
indigenous australian — another name for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
indo-australian plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising India and the Australian continent and adjacent suboceanic basins (the Tasman, South Australian, Mid-Indian, Cocos, and Australian basins); separated from the Eurasian Plate by the Java Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the Tonga-Kermadec Trench, and from the African Plate by a series of mid-ocean ridges (the Carlsberg, Mid-Indian, and Southeast Indian ridges).
industrial revolution — (sometimes initial capital letters) the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
infectious ectromelia — ectromelia (def 2).
inflationary universe — a version of the big bang theory in which the universe underwent very rapid growth during the first fraction of a second before it settled down to its current rate of expansion.
information scientist — someone who works in information science
inner spring mattress — a mattress with a system of wire coils or springs inside for buoyancy or comfort purposes
instrumental learning — a method of training in which the reinforcement is made contingent on the occurrence of the response
insulin shock therapy — a former treatment for mental illness, especially schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
insurance certificate — a certificate that shows that a person or organization has insurance
insurance underwriter — sb who assesses eligibility for insurance policies
integer specbaseratio — SPECbase_int92
interest-rate futures — financial futures based on projected movements of interest rates
internet chess server — (networking, games) An interactive meeting-place on the Internet where people can play chess against each other.
interpersonal therapy — a type of psychotherapy that focuses on conflicts in one's personal relationships.
intersubstitutability — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
intracoastal waterway — a mostly inland water route, partly natural and partly artificial, extending 1550 miles (2500 km) along the Atlantic coast from Boston to Florida Bay (Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway) and 1116 miles (1800 km) along the Gulf coast from Carrabelle, Fla., to Brownsville, Tex. (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) constructed to protect small craft from the hazards of the open sea.
intravenous drug user — a drug addict who injects drugs (esp heroin) intravenously
isolation transformer — An isolation transformer is a transformer with physically separate primary and secondary windings, that prevent it from transferring unwanted noise from the input circuit to the output windings.
isopropylideneacetone — mesityl oxide.
japanese stranglehold — a wrestling hold in which an opponent's wrists are pulled to cross his or her arms in front of his or her own neck and exert pressure on the windpipe

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