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19-letter words containing n, o, s, t, a, d

  • sensory deprivation — the experimental or natural reduction of environmental stimuli, as by physical isolation or loss of eyesight, often leading to cognitive, perceptual, or behavioral changes, as disorientation, delusions, or panic.
  • sessional indemnity — the remuneration paid to a member of the Canadian parliament.
  • seventh commandment — “Thou shalt not commit adultery”: seventh of the Ten Commandments.
  • sexual reproduction — reproduction involving the union of gametes.
  • single edge contact — (hardware)   (SEC) The type of cartridge in which a Pentium II is packaged.
  • slate-colored junco — the eastern subspecies of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis, having grayer plumage than the several western subspecies.
  • smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
  • sound effects woman — a woman who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
  • south african dutch — the Boers.
  • sow one's wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • staff-student ratio — the ratio of teachers to pupils or students in a school, college, or university
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • stand in good stead — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
  • stand on one's head — If you stand on your head, you balance upside down with the top of your head and your hands on the ground.
  • standard atmosphere — an arbitrarily determined vertical distribution of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and density, assumed to have physical constants and conforming to parametric equations, used for calculations in ballistics, the design of pressure altimeters, etc.
  • standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
  • stanford university — (education)   A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
  • stanford-binet test — a revised version of the Binet-Simon scale, prepared at Stanford University for use in the U.S.
  • stanislavski method — method (def 5).
  • stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
  • sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
  • straight and narrow — the way of virtuous or proper conduct: After his release from prison, he resolved to follow the straight and narrow.
  • straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • stratford-upon-avon — town in S Warwickshire, England, on the Avon: birthplace & burial place of Shakespeare: pop. of county district (called Stratford-on-Avon) 106,000
  • superannuation fund — a fund used for paying pensions
  • suspended animation — a state of temporary cessation of the vital functions.
  • take one's medicine — any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
  • take one's mind off — to stop one from thinking about; turn one's attention from
  • tall poppy syndrome — a tendency to disparage any person who has achieved great prominence or wealth
  • the hampshire downs — a range of low chalk hills that crosses Hampshire in S England
  • the london assembly — the devolved legislature of London, based in City Hall, Southwark
  • threshold agreement — an agreement between an employer and employees or their union to increase wages by a specified sum if inflation exceeds a specified level in a specified time
  • throw in one's hand — (in cards) to concede defeat by putting one's cards down
  • tidal power station — a power station where the energy of flowing water is converted into electricity
  • time on one's hands — an interval with nothing to do
  • to be headline news — to attract a lot of attention from newspapers
  • to have sth in mind — If you ask someone what they have in mind, you want to know in more detail about an idea or wish they have.
  • trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
  • transdenominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
  • tropical depression — an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less.
  • turn someone's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • under consideration — being deliberated
  • under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
  • underrepresentation — the act of representing.
  • vacuum distillation — a process of distillation employing a vacuum that by lowering the pressure on a liquid allows volatilization at a lower temperature than normal.
  • wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
  • wassermann antibody — reagin (def 1).
  • waste disposal unit — an electrically operated fitment in the plughole of a kitchen sink that breaks up food refuse so that it goes down the waste pipe
  • websters-dictionary — Informal. a dictionary of the English language, especially American English, such as Dictionary.com.
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