20-letter words containing m, o, t, i, n, s

sodium meta-arsenite — sodium arsenite.
solitary confinement — the confinement of a prisoner in a cell or other place in which he or she is completely isolated from others.
sound motion picture — a motion picture with a soundtrack.
south american plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the continent of South America and several ocean basins and bounded on the north by the Caribbean Plate, on the east by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, on the west by a submarine trench that borders the western coast of the continent, and on the south by the Antarctic Plate.
space-time continuum — Also called space-time continuum. the four-dimensional continuum, having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate, in which all physical quantities may be located.
st. james-assiniboia — a city in SE Manitoba, in S central Canada: suburb of Winnipeg.
stony-iron meteorite — a meteorite of roughly equal proportions of metallic iron and stony matter.
summary jurisdiction — the right a court has to adjudicate immediately upon some matter arising during its proceedings
sunday-go-to-meeting — most presentable; best: Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
synoptic meteorology — a branch of meteorology analyzing data collected simultaneously over a wide region, for the purpose of weather forecasting.
system international — Système International d'Unités
systemic circulation — the circulatory system in general.
take pity on someone — If you take pity on someone, you feel sorry for them and help them.
take something amiss — to be annoyed or offended by something
television programme — a programme broadcast on television
terms and conditions — commerce: rules, restrictions
the gnomes of zurich — Swiss bankers and financiers
the price of someone — what someone deserves, esp a fitting punishment
there's no mistaking — You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
thermodynamic system — a system whose states of equilibrium can be specified by a few macroscopic properties.
thioantimonious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3SbS3, HSbS2, and H4Sb2S5, known only in the forms of their salts in solution
three-dimensionality — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
tie someone in knots — to completely perplex or confuse someone
to burst into flames — If something bursts into flames or bursts into flame, it suddenly starts burning strongly.
to give someone hell — If you say that someone gives you hell, you are emphasizing that they shout at you very angrily because of something you have done wrong.
toxic shock syndrome — a rapidly developing, sometimes fatal infection characterized by sudden onset of fever, gastrointestinal upsets, a sunburnlike rash, and a drop in blood pressure: caused by a Staphylococcus aureus toxin and occurring especially in menstruating women using high-absorbency tampons. Abbreviation: TSS.
transformation point — a temperature at which the transformation of one microconstituent to another begins or ends during heating or cooling.
transformation range — the temperature range within which austenite forms when a ferrous metal is heated, or within which it disappears when the metal is cooled.
transmission density — a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation, equal to the logarithm to base ten of the reciprocal of the transmittance
trigonometric series — an infinite series involving sines and cosines of increasing integral multiples of a variable.
twiddle one's thumbs — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
ultimate constituent — an element of a construction that cannot be further divided into grammatical constituents: the morphemes of an utterance are usually considered to be its ultimate constituents.
under the impression — If you are under the impression that something is the case, you believe that it is the case, usually when it is not actually the case.
under the microscope — If you say that something is under the microscope, you mean that it is being studied very closely, usually because it is believed that something is wrong with it.
unemployment figures — statistics relating to the number of people who are out of work
university of durham — (body, education) A busy research and teaching community in the historic cathedral city of Durham, UK (population 61000). Its work covers key branches of science and technology and traditional areas of scholarship. Durham graduates are in great demand among employers and the University helps to attract investment into the region. It provides training, short courses, and expertise for industry. Through its cultural events, conferences, tourist business and as a major employer, the University contributes in a wide social and economic sense to the community. Founded in 1832, the University developed in Durham and Newcastle until 1963 when the independent University of Newcastle upon Tyne came into being. Durham is a collegiate body, with 14 Colleges or Societies which are a social and domestic focus for students. In 1992, the Universities of Durham and Teesside launched University College, Stockton-on-Tees, which has 190 students in the first year.
webbing clothes moth — a small brown moth, Tineola biselliella, the larva of which feeds on woolens and spins a web when feeding.
western mountain ash — a mountain ash, Sorbus sitchensis, of western North America.
western roman empire — the westernmost of the two empires created by the division of the later Roman Empire, esp after its final severance from the Eastern Roman Empire (395 ad)
william westmoreland — William Childs [chahyldz] /tʃaɪldz/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.
winter olympic games — an international contest of winter sports, esp skiing, held every four years
with all one's might — If you do something with all your might, you do it using all your strength and energy.
woman of easy virtue — a sexually available woman, esp a prostitute

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