18-letter words containing n, e, r, s

symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
symphony orchestra — a large orchestra composed of wind, string, and percussion instruments and organized to perform symphonic compositions.
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).
take out insurance — take out insurance against something
take sth in stride — If you take a problem or difficulty in stride, you deal with it calmly and easily.
tardive dyskinesia — a disorder characterized by restlessness and involuntary rolling of the tongue or twitching of the face, trunk, or limbs, usually occurring as a complication of long-term therapy with antipsychotic drugs.
technical reserves — Technical reserves are amounts of money set aside to pay for underwriting liabilities.
technical sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant and above a staff sergeant.
temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
temporary hardness — hardness of water due to the presence of magnesium and calcium hydrogencarbonates, which can be precipitated as carbonates by boiling
terms of reference — Terms of reference are the instructions given to someone when they are asked to consider or investigate a particular subject, telling them what they must deal with and what they can ignore.
terrestrial planet — inner planet.
testamentary trust — a trust set up under the terms of a will.
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
the hunger marches — a number of processions by unemployed workers in the 1930s to protest against unemployment and deprivation
the masurian lakes — a group of lakes in Masuria in NE Poland: scene of Russian defeats by the Germans (1914, 1915) during World War I
the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
the nether regions — the genitals
the northern irish — the people who live in or come from Northern Ireland
the passenger seat — the seat used by a passenger of a car, beside the driver
the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
the three wise men — the wise men from the east who came to do homage to the infant Jesus
the uncircumcision — the gentiles
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.
thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
threatened species — a species likely, in the near future, to become an endangered species within all or much of its range.
throw oneself into — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
timber rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands.
to all appearances — apparently
to bare one's soul — If you bare your soul, you tell someone your most secret thoughts and feelings.
to be on the rocks — if something such as a marriage or a business is on the rocks, it is experiencing very severe difficulties and looks likely to end very soon
to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
to cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to learn the ropes — If you are learning the ropes, you are learning how a particular task or job is done.
to lose your nerve — If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.
to put years on sb — if you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older
to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
transcendental ego — (in Kantian epistemology) that part of the self that is the subject and never the object.
transfer passenger — a traveller who changes from one plane, train, or bus to another, or to another form of transport

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