18-letter words containing n, o, i, t, e

strontium monoxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
sun-dried tomatoes — tomatoes that have been dried or preserved by exposure to the sun
super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
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.
supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
symbolist movement — a movement beginning in French and Belgian poetry towards the end of the 19th century with the verse of Mallarmé, Valéry, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Maeterlinck, and others, and seeking to express states of mind rather than objective reality by making use of the power of words and images to suggest as well as denote
symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
synthetic division — a simplified procedure for dividing a polynomial by a linear polynomial.
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).
systematic phoneme — a phonological unit in generative phonology representing an underlying form that takes into account the relationship between phonological patterns and morphological variation, as the unit underlying the second vowel in both derive and derivative.
take a shine to sb — If you say that someone has taken a shine to another person, you mean that he or she liked them very much at their first meeting.
take cognizance of — note, acknowledge
take it on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
take out insurance — take out insurance against something
talent competition — a contest in which people compete by showcasing their talents, for example in singing, dancing, acrobatics, etc
tan someone's hide — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
technical knockout — the termination of a bout by the referee when it is the judgment of the attending physician, a boxer's seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting without sustaining severe or disabling injury. Abbreviation: TKO, T.K.O.
tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
tele-communication — Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.
telecommunications — Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.
teleobjective lens — telephoto lens.
telephone receiver — a device, as in a telephone, that converts changes in an electric current into sound.
telephone sex line — a telephone line operated by a phone-sex worker that offers phone sex to paying customers
television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
television licence — a certificate giving official permission to own a television set
television station — station (def 8).
telford and wrekin — a unitary authority in W Central England, in Shropshire. Pop: 160 300 (2003 est). Area: 289 sq km (112 sq miles)
temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
territorialization — to extend by adding new territory.
tertiary education — education, following secondary education at a school, at a college or university
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
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 dark continent — a term for Africa when it was relatively unexplored
the electronic age — the electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use
the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
the grand national — an annual steeplechase run at Aintree, Liverpool, since 1839
the hand of fatima — a symbol of a hand used in some Arabic countries to protect against the evil eye, a magical power
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
the internationale — a revolutionary socialist hymn, first sung in 1871 in France
the kinetic theory — a theory of gases postulating that they consist of particles of negligible size moving at random and undergoing elastic collisions
the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi

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