21-letter words containing n, o

s-k reduction machine — An abstract machine defined by Professor David Turner to evaluate combinator expressions represented as binary graphs. Named after the two basic combinators, S and K.
safe in the knowledge — If you do something safe in the knowledge that something else is the case, you do the first thing confidently because you are sure of the second thing.
saint anthony's cross — tau cross.
saint elias mountains — a mountain range between SE Alaska and the SW Yukon, Canada. Highest peak: Mount Logan, 5959 m (19 550 ft)
saint-maur-des-fosses — a town in N central France, near Paris, on the Marne River.
salam-weinberg theory — the electroweak theory.
sales finance company — a finance company that purchases, at a discount, installment contracts from dealers or that finances retail sales.
sampling distribution — the distribution of a statistic based on all possible random samples that can be drawn from a given population.
san gabriel mountains — a mountain range in S California, N of Los Angeles. Highest peak, San Antonio Peak, 10,080 feet (3072 meters).
san gorgonio mountain — a mountain in S California: highest peak in the San Bernardino Mountains. 11,502 feet (3506 meters).
sanitation department — the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of refuse
santo tome de guayana — a city in NE Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
sao bernardo do campo — a city in SE Brazil, SE of São Paulo.
sao tome and principe — Democratic Republic of, a republic in W Africa, comprising the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in the Gulf of Guinea, N of the equator: a former overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 372 sq. mi. (964 sq. km). Capital: São Tomé.
saponification number — the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify one gram of a given ester, especially a glyceride.
satisficing behaviour — the form of behaviour demonstrated by firms who seek satisfactory profits and satisfactory growth rather than maximum profits
saving your reverence — a form of apology for using an obscene or taboo expression
scalar multiplication — an operation used in the definition of a vector space in which the product of a scalar and a vector is a vector, the operation is distributive over the addition of both scalars and vectors, and is associative with multiplication of scalars
scarlet monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
schema definition set — (SDS) Something in Portable Common Tool Environment.
schlieren photography — a type of photography which records schlieren
school of hard knocks — the experience gained from living, especially from disappointment and hard work, regarded as a means of education: The only school he ever attended was the school of hard knocks.
school superintendent — an official whose job is to oversee school administration within a district
schoolgirl complexion — a smooth, clear complexion, such as schoolgirls are considered to have
science correspondent — a newspaper or television journalist who specializes in reporting on new discoveries in science
scintillation counter — a device for detecting and measuring radioactivity, having a crystal scintillator, a photoelectric cell sensitive to the light from scintillations, and an amplifier.
seating accommodation — the provision of seats for people in a room, building, etc
second-hand endowment — A second-hand endowment is a traditional with-profits endowment policy that has been sold to a new owner part way through its term.
secondary containment — Secondary containment is a system for dealing with hazardous spills.
self-characterization — portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
sentential connective — any of several words or their equivalent symbols used in logical formulas to connect propositions, as “or,” “not,” “and,” “if and only if.”.
sequoia national park — a national park in central California: giant sequoia trees. 604 sq. mi. (1565 sq. km).
serbia and montenegro — a former country in SE Europe, consisting of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro; replaced the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2003, and dissolved in 2006 following Montenegro’s decision to secede
set the scene for sth — Something that sets the scene for a particular event creates the conditions in which the event is likely to happen.
set the world on fire — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
settle someone's hash — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
seventeen-year locust — a cicada, Magicicada septendecim, of the eastern U.S., having nymphs that live in the soil, usually emerging in great numbers after 17 years in the North or 13 years in the South.
shams ud-din mohammed — (Shams ud-din Mohammed) c1320–89? Persian poet.
she stoops to conquer — a comedy (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith.
sheppard's correction — a method of correcting the bias in standard deviations and higher moments of distributions that arises from grouping values of the variable.
shoot off one's mouth — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
shoot one's mouth off — to talk indiscreetly
short circuit current — A short circuit current is an overcurrent resulting from a short circuit.
show someone the door — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
sick to one's stomach — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
sierra madre oriental — the system of mountains in the east of Mexico
sieve of eratosthenes — a method of obtaining prime numbers by sifting out the composite numbers from the set of natural numbers so that only prime numbers remain.
signal-to-noise ratio — the ratio of one parameter, such as power of a wanted signal to the same parameter of the noise at a specified point in an electronic circuit, etc
silicon tetrachloride — a colorless, fuming liquid, SiCl 4 , used chiefly for making smoke screens and various derivatives of silicon.
silicon tetrafluoride — a colorless, fuming gas, SiF 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fluosilicic acid.

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