16-letter words containing s, e, a, c, o, t

system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
systematic error — a persistent error that cannot be attributed to chance.
take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
technical school — college of further and vocational education
ten commandments — Bible: instructions given to Moses
tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
the state sector — the part of the economy that is controlled by the state
thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
to act one's age — If someone tells you to act your age, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.
to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
to coin a phrase — You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
to compare notes — If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.
to keep a secret — If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them.
to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
to rest in peace — If you express the wish that a dead person may rest in peace, you are showing respect and sympathy for him or her. 'Rest in peace' or 'RIP' is also sometimes written on gravestones.
to stake a claim — If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
topical-sentence — a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
torricelli's law — the law that states that the speed of flow of a liquid from an orifice is equal to the speed that it would attain if falling freely a distance equal to the height of the free surface of the liquid above the orifice.
toulouse-lautrec — Henri Marie Raymond de [ahn-ree ma-ree re-mawn duh] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri rɛˈmɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1864–1901, French painter and lithographer.
trail one's coat — to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviour
transconductance — the ratio of a small change in anode current of an electron tube at a certain level of output to the corresponding small change of control-electrode voltage, usually expressed in mhos or micromhos.
transcontinental — passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
two-pot screamer — a person easily influenced by alcohol
twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
vasoconstrictive — causing vasoconstriction.
velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
vest-pocket park — pocket park.
victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends

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