18-letter words containing n, o, s, u, i, t

song without words — a song which only consists of a tune or melody and does not have any lyrics
southampton island — an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories at the entrance to Hudson Bay. 19,100 sq. mi. (49,470 sq. km).
southern rhodesian — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
spaghetti junction — an interchange, usually between motorways, in which there are a large number of underpasses and overpasses and intersecting roads used by a large volume of high-speed traffic
squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
standoff insulator — a type of insulator that supports an electrical conductor at a distance from other elements or surfaces.
state of the union — A State of the Union speech or address is a speech, given once a year, in which the president of the United States talks about the current political issues that affect the country as a whole and about his plans for the year ahead.
stirling's formula — a relation that approximates the value of n factorial (n!), expressed as .
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
sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
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.
sugarloaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
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
sustaining program — a radio or television program without a commercial sponsor.
sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
take out insurance — take out insurance against something
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.
temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
the mountain state — a nickname referring to West Virginia
the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
the uncircumcision — the gentiles
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
thrift-institution — economical management; economy; frugality.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to come unstitched — to go wrong or awry
to cross your mind — If you say that an idea or possibility never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it.
to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
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.
transubstantiation — the changing of one substance into another.
tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
unconstitutionally — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
under the aegis of — guided or protected by
under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
under-registration — the act of registering.
unisys corporation — (company) The company formed in 1984-5 when Burroughs Corporation merged with Sperry Corporation. This was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined. Unisys is one of the largest providers of information services, technology, and software in the world. They employ about 49,000 people and do business in some 100 countries. In 1994 about 80 percent of revenue was derived from commercial information systems and services, with the remainder coming from electronic systems and services for the defense market. The defense business was sold to Loral in early 1995. Slightly more than half of Unisys's revenue is from business in the United States. They specialise in providing business-critical solutions, based on open information networks, for organisations that operate in transaction-intensive environments. These organisations include financial services companies, airlines, telecommunications companies, government agencies, and other commercial enterprises. In August 1994, quarterly sales were $1799M and profits $50M.

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