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21-letter words containing o, n, t, e, r, h

  • salam-weinberg theory — the electroweak theory.
  • satisficing behaviour — the form of behaviour demonstrated by firms who seek satisfactory profits and satisfactory growth rather than maximum profits
  • schlieren photography — a type of photography which records schlieren
  • school superintendent — an official whose job is to oversee school administration within a district
  • self-characterization — portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • silicon tetrachloride — a colorless, fuming liquid, SiCl 4 , used chiefly for making smoke screens and various derivatives of silicon.
  • single spanish burton — a tackle having a runner as well as the fall supporting the load, giving a mechanical advantage of three, neglecting friction.
  • somatotrophic-hormone — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
  • something for nothing — If you say that someone is getting something for nothing, you disapprove of the fact that they are getting what they want without doing or giving anything in return.
  • south pacific current — an ocean current that flows E in the South Pacific Ocean parallel to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
  • sovereign wealth fund — an investment fund created using the financial assets of a national government
  • spherical coordinates — Usually, spherical coordinates. any of three coordinates used to locate a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes.
  • st. christopher-nevis — St. Kitts-Nevis.
  • stare one in the face — to be glaringly obvious or imminent
  • stations of the cross — a series of 14 crosses, often accompanied by 14 pictures or carvings, arranged in order around the walls of a church, to commemorate 14 supposed stages in Christ's journey to Calvary
  • steal someone's heart — to cause someone to feel love or affection
  • stick in one's throat — to be difficult, or against one's conscience, for one to accept, utter, or believe
  • strike the right note — to behave appropriately
  • sunday school teacher — someone who teaches at a Sunday school
  • sympathetic vibration — a vibration induced by resonance.
  • synchronized shifting — gear shifting in which the gears to be meshed are made to rotate at the same speed.
  • synchronous converter — a synchronous machine for converting alternating current to direct current, or vice versa, in which the armature winding is connected to collector rings and to a commutator.
  • tartarian honeysuckle — an Asian honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica, having fragrant, white to pink flowers.
  • teacher certification — official qualifications for educators
  • the (norman) conquest — the conquering of England by the Normans under William the Conqueror in 1066
  • the acting profession — actors considered as a group
  • the battle of britain — from August to October 1940, the prolonged bombing of S England by the German Luftwaffe and the successful resistance by the RAF Fighter Command, which put an end to the German plan of invading Britain
  • the birth of a nation — an American film (1915), directed by D. W. Griffith.
  • the break of day/dawn — The break of day or the break of dawn is the time when it begins to grow light after the night.
  • the built environment — the buildings and all other things constructed by human beings
  • the central provinces — the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec
  • the comrades marathon — an annual long-distance race run every year on the 16th of June from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, a distance of approximately 90 kilometres (56 miles)
  • the corncracker state — a nickname for the state of Kentucky
  • the end of one's rope — the end of one's endurance, resources, etc.
  • the joker in the pack — If you describe someone or something as the joker in the pack, you mean that they are different from the other people or things in their group, and can be unpredictable.
  • the microsoft network — (networking)   (MSN) Microsoft's ISP and online content service, launched in October 1996. Not to be confused with Microsoft Networking. MSN was originally based on custom software and protocols, however Microsoft saw the error of their ways and adopted Internet standards. MSN now provides standard WWW and email facilities, albeit with Microsoft's Internet Explorer web-browser and the Outlook Express email software. The service also provides "Community Services" including newsgroups, forums, and chat.
  • the middle of nowhere — remote place
  • the moral high ground — If you say that someone has taken the moral high ground, you mean that they consider that their policies and actions are morally superior to the policies and actions of their rivals.
  • the oldest profession — prostitution
  • the origin of species — (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) a treatise (1859) by Charles Darwin setting forth his theory of evolution.
  • the press association — the national news agency for the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • the probation service — a criminal justice service that is mainly responsible for dealing with offenders by placing them under the supervision of a probation officer
  • the shipping forecast — a radio broadcast made by the BBC of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles
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