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17-letter words containing s, e, r, n, g, t

  • steering geometry — Steering geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a steering system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
  • stolen generation — Aboriginal children removed from their families and placed in institutions or fostered by White families between 1910 and 1970
  • strange attractor — Physics. a stable, nonperiodic state or behavior exhibited by some dynamic systems, especially turbulent ones, that can be represented as a nonrepeating pattern in the system's phase space.
  • strange interlude — a play (1928) by Eugene O'Neill.
  • stress management — coping with psychological pressure
  • stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
  • string instrument — a musical instrument that has strings, such as the violin or cello
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • 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.
  • sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
  • terrorist bombing — the bombing of a place carried out in order to achieve some goal
  • the age of reason — the 18th century in W Europe
  • the lower regions — hell
  • the upper regions — the sky; heavens
  • theodore sturgeon — Theodore (Hamilton) 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
  • three-ring circus — a circus having three adjacent rings in which performances take place simultaneously.
  • threshing machine — a machine for removing grains and seeds from straw and chaff.
  • thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • tower of strength — a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
  • transition region — a thin and very irregular layer of the sun's atmosphere that separates the hot corona from the much cooler chromosphere.
  • transverse engine — an engine which is fitted side-to-side across the axis of a vehicle
  • trigger mechanism — a physiological or psychological process caused by a stimulus and resulting in a usually severe reaction.
  • tungsten trioxide — a heavy, canary-yellow, water-insoluble powder, WO 3 , used in the manufacture of tungstates.
  • turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
  • ultimate strength — the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
  • under the sign of — during that portion of the year when the sun is passing through and thus subject to the influence of (a specified sign of the zodiac)
  • university degree — an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
  • urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
  • vinaigrette sauce — a tart sauce of oil, vinegar, and seasonings, sometimes including chopped capers, pickles, etc., usually served cold with salads.
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • winding staircase — long set of spiral stairs
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
  • wuthering heights — a novel (1846) by Emily Brontë.
  • yesterday evening — during the evening of the day preceding today
  • yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
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