18-letter words containing n, o, t, m

shipping documents — documents relating to the sending of a shipment of goods, for example containing details of contents, weight, value etc.
shotgun microphone — a directional microphone with a narrow-angle range of sensitivity.
significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
simple enumeration — a procedure for arriving at empirical generalizations by haphazard accumulation of positive instances.
ski-mountaineering — a combination of the sports of skiing and mountaineering, for example by climbing up a mountain then skiing down it
sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet-bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air.
slow-motion replay — a showing again in slow motion of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens
small outline dimm — (storage) (SO-DIMM) A smaller kind of DIMM with 72 pins (supporting 32-bit transfers) or 144 pins (64-bit transfers). Regular DIMMs have 168 pins and support 64-bit transfers. Being roughly half the size of the regular DIMM, SO-DIMMs are often used in notebook computers.
small pastern bone — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
social environment — the environment developed by humans as contrasted with the natural environment; society as a whole, especially in its relation to the individual.
societal marketing — marketing that takes into account society's long-term welfare
sodium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, in powder or granules, NaHCO 3 , usually prepared by the reaction of soda ash with carbon dioxide or obtained from the intermediate product of the Solvay process by purification: used chiefly in the manufacture of sodium salts, baking powder, and beverages, as a laboratory reagent, as a fire extinguisher, and in medicine as an antacid.
sodium thiocyanate — a white powder or colorless, deliquescent crystals, NaSCN, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in medicine in the treatment of hypertension.
soldier settlement — the allocation of Crown land for farming to ex-servicemen
solomon rabinowitz — Solomon, Aleichem, Sholom.
something or other — sth not remembered precisely
something to go on — something that is adequate for the present time
something to spare — a surplus of something
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 cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
spirits of ammonia — a 10% solution of ammonia in alcohol
spur-of-the-moment — occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
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.
st john chrysostom — Saint John, a.d. 347?–407, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.
standing committee — a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
state of emergency — If a government or other authority declares a state of emergency in an area, it introduces special measures such as increased powers for the police or army, usually because of civil disorder or because of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.
statement of claim — law: first pleading
statements of case — the formal written statements presented alternately by the plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit setting out the respective matters relied upon
station management — (networking) (SMT) Station Management One of the 4 key FDDI component layers. SMT is an overlay function that handles the management of the FDDI ring. It handles neighbor identification, fault detection and reconfiguration, insertion and de-insertion from the ring, and traffic statistics monitoring.
steering committee — a committee, especially of a deliberative or legislative body, charged with preparing the agenda of a session.
stinking chamomile — mayweed.
stirling's formula — a relation that approximates the value of n factorial (n!), expressed as .
stockholm syndrome — an emotional attachment to a captor formed by a hostage as a result of continuous stress, dependence, and a need to cooperate for survival.
strait of magellan — a strait between the mainland of S South America and Tierra del Fuego, linking the S Pacific with the S Atlantic. Length: 600 km (370 miles). Width: up to 32 km (20 miles)
strontium monoxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
subject complement — a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, as sleepy in The travelers became sleepy.
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.
sustaining program — a radio or television program without a commercial sponsor.
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.
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).
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 it on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
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.
tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti

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