17-letter words containing n, o, s, t, i

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
taconic mountains — a mountain range in SE New York, W Massachusetts, and SW Vermont, a highly eroded part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak, Mount Equinox, in Vermont 3816 feet (1163 meters).
take into custody — to arrest
take no prisoners — to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
take-no-prisoners — wholeheartedly aggressive; zealous; gung-ho: a businessman with a take-no-prisoners attitude toward dealmaking.
teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
television lounge — a room in a hotel, guest house, etc where guests may watch television
television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
television screen — the flat vertical surface in a television set on which pictures are shown
tell its own tale — to be self-evident
terrorist bombing — the bombing of a place carried out in order to achieve some goal
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 carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
the first line of — If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem.
the joke is on sb — If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that they have been made to look very foolish by something.
the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
the lower regions — hell
the past anterior — a French tense: the pluperfect
the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
the tet offensive — an offensive launched in January–February 1968 by the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong. Coinciding with the first day of the Tet, it was a surprise attack on South Vietnamese cities, including Saigon
the upper regions — the sky; heavens
the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
think in terms of — If you say that you are thinking in terms of doing a particular thing, you mean that you are considering it.
thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
three-dimensional — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
to read sb's mind — If you can read someone's mind, you know what they are thinking without them saying anything.
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 run its course — If something runs its course or takes its course, it develops naturally and comes to a natural end.
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.
to win hands down — If you win hands down, you win very easily.
top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
trade association — an association of people or companies in a particular business or trade, organized to promote their common interests.
traffic diversion — a special route arranged for traffic to follow when the normal route cannot be used
transfer function — The transfer function of a circuit is the ratio of the response to the input.
transformationist — transformist.
transignification — (in the Eucharist) a change in the significance of the bread and wine to symbolize the body and blood of Christ.
transition region — a thin and very irregular layer of the sun's atmosphere that separates the hot corona from the much cooler chromosphere.

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