18-letter words containing o, r, e, s, t, i

spike-tooth harrow — a harrow equipped with straight teeth on horizontal bars, usually employed to smooth and level plowed soil or seedbeds for planting or sowing.
split-level cooker — a cooker that is designed with a separate oven and hob so that they can be fitted wherever is most convenient in the kitchen
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.
standard deviation — a measure of dispersion in a frequency distribution, equal to the square root of the mean of the squares of the deviations from the arithmetic mean of the distribution.
stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
steering committee — a committee, especially of a deliberative or legislative body, charged with preparing the agenda of a session.
steller's sea lion — any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
stoichiometrically — of or relating to stoichiometry.
stokely carmichael — Hoagland Howard [hohg-luh nd] /ˈhoʊg lənd/ (Show IPA), ("Hoagy") 1899–1981, U.S. songwriter and musician.
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)
strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
strong derived set — the set of all strong accumulation points of a given set.
strong interaction — the interaction between gluons and between gluons and quarks that is responsible for the strong force.
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
subatomic particle — physics:
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.
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
supportive therapy — any treatment, such as the intravenous administration of certain fluids, designed to reinforce or sustain the physiological well-being of a patient
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
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).
take out insurance — take out insurance against something
temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
territorial waters — law: nation's boundaries
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the coast is clear — If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
the nether regions — the genitals
the northern irish — the people who live in or come from Northern Ireland
the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
the uncircumcision — the gentiles
there's no telling — You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
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
thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
throw oneself into — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
to bear witness to — If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
to cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to play favourites — to display favouritism

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