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16-letter words containing e, s, t, a, n

  • suspense account — an account in which items are temporarily entered until their final disposition is determined.
  • sustaining pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
  • sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
  • sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
  • swiss tournament — (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration
  • syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
  • system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
  • systems analysis — the evaluation of an activity to identify its desired objectives and determine procedures for efficiently attaining them.
  • tablets of stone — Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
  • taimyr peninsula — a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
  • take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • take one's leave — to go away; depart
  • take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
  • take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
  • tamper-resistant — difficult to tamper with: a tamper-resistant cap on a medicine bottle.
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
  • teachers' centre — (in Britain) a place that provides a central store of educational aids, such as films and display material, and also in-service training, and is available for use to all the teachers within a particular area
  • technical school — college of further and vocational education
  • tell one's beads — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • ten commandments — Bible: instructions given to Moses
  • tenants' charter — (in Britain) a package of legal rights to which tenants of local authorities, new towns, and housing associations are entitled, including security of tenure, and the rights to buy the dwelling cheaply, to take in lodgers, and to sublet
  • tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
  • tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
  • terminal illness — A terminal illness cannot be cured, and causes death.
  • terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
  • terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
  • the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
  • the barren lands — a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay: sparsely inhabited, chiefly by Inuit
  • the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
  • the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
  • the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
  • the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
  • the heavens open — If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily.
  • the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • the lion's share — the largest portion
  • the noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
  • the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
  • the sooner state — the nickname of the US state of Oklahoma, which comes from the name of its early settlers
  • the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
  • the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
  • theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
  • thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
  • thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
  • thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
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