18-letter words containing g, e, o, n, s, y
- shugart technology — Seagate Technology
- six-finger country — an isolated area considered as being inhabited by people who practise inbreeding
- sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet-bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air.
- stand-by generator — an electrical system which operates automatically in case the usual system malfunctions
- state of emergency — If a government or other authority declares a state of emergency in an area, it introduces special measures such as increased powers for the police or army, usually because of civil disorder or because of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.
- strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- superstring theory — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- synthetic geometry — elementary geometry, as distinct from analytic geometry.
- system-programming — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
- treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
- veterinary surgeon — Chiefly British. a veterinarian.
- working hypothesis — See under hypothesis (def 1).
- young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party