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18-letter words containing f, i, s, t, u, l

  • slip of the tongue — If you describe something you said as a slip of the tongue, you mean that you said it by mistake.
  • sodium hyposulfite — sodium thiosulfate.
  • sodium thiosulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na 2 S 2 O 3 ⋅5H 2 O, used as a bleach and in photography as a fixing agent.
  • soft touch sealing — Soft touch sealing is a copolymer seal for a tank, with characteristics designed for softness, used instead of a metal seal to help avoid fire when sparks are generated.
  • soldier of fortune — a person who independently seeks pleasure, wealth, etc., through adventurous exploits.
  • solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
  • spectrofluorimeter — an instrument in which the spectrum of secondarily emitted fluorescent light is used to identify chemical compounds.
  • standoff insulator — a type of insulator that supports an electrical conductor at a distance from other elements or surfaces.
  • stirling's formula — a relation that approximates the value of n factorial (n!), expressed as .
  • sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
  • sugarloaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
  • sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
  • the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
  • to play favourites — to display favouritism
  • tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
  • turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
  • university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
  • uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
  • wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
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