18-letter words containing h, i, g, s, o
- sociotechnological — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and technological factors.
- 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.
- solemn (high) mass — a highly ceremonial Mass with parts of the text sung by the celebrant, with a deacon and subdeacon assisting at the ceremonies, and with choir singing and organ music
- solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
- something or other — sth not remembered precisely
- something to go on — something that is adequate for the present time
- something to spare — a surplus of something
- song without words — a song which only consists of a tune or melody and does not have any lyrics
- spaghetti junction — an interchange, usually between motorways, in which there are a large number of underpasses and overpasses and intersecting roads used by a large volume of high-speed traffic
- spectroheliography — the process of obtaining an image of the sun in light of a particular wavelength, such as calcium or hydrogen, showing the distribution of the element over the surface and in the solar atmosphere, using a spectroheliograph
- speech recognition — Computers. the computerized analysis of spoken words in order to identify the speaker, as in security systems, or to respond to voiced commands: the analysis is performed by finding patterns in the spectrum of the incoming sound and comparing them with stored patterns of elements of sound, as phones, or of complete words.
- spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
- stinking chamomile — mayweed.
- 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
- 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.
- the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
- the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
- the nether regions — the genitals
- there's no telling — You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
- tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
- to stop at nothing — If you say that someone will stop at nothing to get something, you are emphasizing that they are willing to do things that are extreme, wrong, or dangerous in order to get it.
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
- with flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
- working hypothesis — See under hypothesis (def 1).