17-letter words containing i, n, s, t, y
- secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
- sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
- separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
- serendipity berry — miracle fruit (def 2).
- shipping industry — the industry concerned with transporting freight, esp by ship
- situational irony — irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
- sixty-fourth note — a note having one sixty-fourth of the time value of a whole note; hemidemisemiquaver.
- softvelocity inc. — (company) The distributors of the Clarion family of application development systems.
- spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
- spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- split personality — multiple personality.
- spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
- st. crispin's day — October 25: anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (1415).
- st. swithin's day — July 15, superstitiously regarded as a day that, should it rain or be fair, will be followed by 40 consecutive days of like weather.
- stationary engine — an engine mounted in a fixed position, as one used for driving generators, compressors, etc.
- statutory meeting — company shareholders' discussion
- stay of execution — If you are given a stay of execution, you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.
- steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
- steering geometry — Steering geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a steering system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
- stray capacitance — undesired capacitance in equipment, occurring between the wiring, between the wiring and the chassis, or between components and the chassis
- stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
- subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
- suction lipectomy — the removal of fatty tissue by making a small incision in the skin, loosening the fat layer, and withdrawing it by suction.
- superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- synchronistically — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
- synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
- synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
- take into custody — to arrest
- tertiary consumer — a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.
- testimony meeting — a meeting at which persons give testimonies of religious faith and related religious experiences.
- the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
- to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
- to risk your neck — If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.
- to say nothing of — You use to say nothing of when you mention an additional thing which gives even more strength to the point you are making.
- to slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget it.
- top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
- transatlantically — crossing or reaching across the Atlantic: a transatlantic liner.
- transitory action — an action that can be brought in any country regardless of where it originated
- tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
- uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- unconscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
- understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- unity of interest — the equal interest in property held by joint tenants
- university degree — an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
- unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
- urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
- utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
- vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication