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17-letter words containing s, e, m, i, p

  • scheme repository — A collection of free Scheme programs.
  • schmidt telescope — a wide-angle reflecting telescope used primarily for astronomical photography, in which spherical aberration and coma are reduced to a minimum by means of a spherical mirror with a corrector plate near its focus.
  • seaman apprentice — a noncommissioned enlisted person ranking above seaman recruit and below seaman. Abbreviation: SA.
  • self-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
  • self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
  • self-priming pump — A self-priming pump is a pump that will clear its passages of air and start pumping.
  • semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
  • semi-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
  • semi-monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
  • semi-permeability — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semi-professional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
  • seminal principle — a potential, latent within an imperfect object, for attaining full development.
  • semisophisticated — somewhat sophisticated.
  • septicemic plague — an especially dangerous form of plague in which the infecting organisms invade the bloodstream. Compare plague (def 2).
  • settlement option — any of the options, other than immediate payment in a lump sum, by which the policyholder or beneficiary may choose to have the benefits of a policy paid.
  • sexual dimorphism — the condition in which the males and females in a species are morphologically different, as with many birds.
  • shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
  • sidewall sampling — Sidewall sampling is the process of taking a sample from the wall of the borehole.
  • simple microscope — a microscope having a single lens.
  • simplicity itself — If you say that something is simplicity itself, you are emphasizing that it is very simple or easy.
  • single supplement — A single supplement is an additional sum of money that a hotel charges for one person to stay in a room meant for two people.
  • single-name paper — commercial paper bearing only the signature of the maker.
  • sleeping problems — difficulties in getting to sleep or in staying asleep
  • sliding vane pump — A sliding vane pump is a pump in which the vanes (=flat parts) are the main sealing element between the suction and discharge areas.
  • sodium propionate — a transparent, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 3 H 5 NaO 2 , used in foodstuffs to prevent mold growth, and in medicine as a fungicide.
  • sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
  • sparc xterminal 1 — (computer)   Sun's lowest cost networked Unix desktop, it is board-upgradeable to a SPARC 4. It comes with a choice of frame buffers: 8-bit colour, Turbo GX, or Turbo GX plus. This product was expected to replace the SPARCclassic X. UK availability was planned for March 1995.
  • spark transmitter — a transmitting set that generates electromagnetic waves by the oscillatory discharge from a capacitor through an inductor and a spark gap.
  • special committee — a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.
  • special messenger — a postal worker who delivers mail by special delivery
  • specific humidity — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor.
  • spectromicroscope — a microscope with an attached spectroscope.
  • spectroradiometer — an instrument for determining the radiant-energy distribution in a spectrum, combining the functions of a spectroscope with those of a radiometer.
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • spectrum disorder — any of a group of disorders each having symptoms that occur on a continuum and certain features that are shared along its spectrum but that manifest in markedly different forms and degrees. See also autism spectrum disorder.
  • speech impediment — speaking disorder
  • sperrin mountains — a mountain range in NW Northern Ireland
  • spinal meningitis — infection of spinal membrane
  • spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
  • spiritus frumenti — whiskey.
  • spring cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
  • stand-up comedian — performer: tells jokes
  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • stenothermophilic — growing best within a narrow temperature range.
  • stir one's stumps — to move or become active
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • stratified sample — a sample that is not drawn at random from the whole population, but separately from a number of disjoint strata of the population in order to ensure a more representative sample
  • suction lipectomy — the removal of fatty tissue by making a small incision in the skin, loosening the fat layer, and withdrawing it by suction.
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