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

  • string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
  • studentification — the renting of particular accommodation exclusively to students
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • subjectification — to make subjective.
  • succession state — any of a number of usually new states that are established in or expand over the territory formerly ruled by one large state
  • summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
  • summational tone — a musical sound sometimes heard when two loud notes are sounded together, higher in pitch than either
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
  • surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
  • suspense account — an account in which items are temporarily entered until their final disposition is determined.
  • sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
  • swiss tournament — (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration
  • syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
  • system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
  • tablets of stone — Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
  • take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • take one's leave — to go away; depart
  • take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
  • 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).
  • technical school — college of further and vocational education
  • tell one's beads — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • ten commandments — Bible: instructions given to Moses
  • tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
  • terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
  • texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
  • the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
  • the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
  • the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
  • the heavens open — If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily.
  • the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • the lion's share — the largest portion
  • the noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
  • the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
  • the sooner state — the nickname of the US state of Oklahoma, which comes from the name of its early settlers
  • the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
  • thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
  • thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
  • thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
  • throw oneself at — 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 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.
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