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17-letter words containing o, s, e, t, i, a

  • stannous fluoride — a white, crystalline powder, SnF 2 , slightly soluble in water: used as a source of fluorine in the prevention of dental caries, especially as a toothpaste additive.
  • state the obvious — point out sth already evident
  • stationary engine — an engine mounted in a fixed position, as one used for driving generators, compressors, etc.
  • statue of liberty — a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
  • statutory meeting — company shareholders' discussion
  • stay of execution — If you are given a stay of execution, you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.
  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • stellar evolution — the sequence of changes that occurs in a star as it ages
  • stereolithography — a process for creating three-dimensional objects using a computer-controlled laser to build up the required structure, layer by layer, from a liquid photopolymer that solidifies.
  • stock certificate — a certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock in a corporation.
  • stolen generation — Aboriginal children removed from their families and placed in institutions or fostered by White families between 1910 and 1970
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • stress relaxation — Stress relaxation is a gradual reduction in stress with time at constant strain.
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • subtractive color — cyan, yellow, or magenta, as used in the subtractive process of color photography.
  • sudetes mountains — mountain range along the borders of N Czech Republic & SW Poland: highest peak, 5,259 ft (1,603 m)
  • suffice it to say — Suffice it to say or suffice to say is used at the beginning of a statement to indicate that what you are saying is obvious, or that you will only give a short explanation.
  • sufficient reason — the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
  • super-nationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superalimentation — nourishment; nutrition.
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • superregeneration — regeneration in which a signal is alternately amplified and quenched at a frequency slightly above the audible range to achieve high sensitivity with a single tube.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • sustentation fund — a fund, esp in the Church of Scotland, to augment the support of ministers
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • tactile corpuscle — an oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers and toes, and functioning as a touch receptor.
  • take into custody — to arrest
  • take no prisoners — to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
  • take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
  • take-no-prisoners — wholeheartedly aggressive; zealous; gung-ho: a businessman with a take-no-prisoners attitude toward dealmaking.
  • teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • telescopic damper — a device with telescopic parts that reduce vibration in a motor vehicle
  • tell its own tale — to be self-evident
  • temple of artemis — the temple at Ephesus dedicated to Artemis.
  • terrestrial globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
  • tertiary consumer — a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.
  • the bag of tricks — every device; everything
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the facts of life — the details of sexual behaviour and reproduction, esp as told to children
  • the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
  • the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
  • the metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • the past anterior — a French tense: the pluperfect
  • the primrose path — a pleasurable way of life
  • the south pacific — the part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator
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