18-letter words containing s, e, t, a, i, d

light displacement — the weight of a ship with all its permanent equipment, excluding the weight of cargo, persons, ballast, dunnage, and fuel, but usually including the weight of permanent ballast and water used to operate steam machinery.
limit-state design — a design criterion specifying that with acceptable probabilities a structure will not reach a limit state in which it either is unfit for the use for which it was designed (unavailability limit state) or fails (ultimate limit state)
literal-mindedness — the quality or state of tending to take words in their literal sense
little spotted cat — a small New World tiger cat, Felis tigrinus, ranging from Costa Rica to northern Argentina.
little st. bernard — Great, a mountain pass between SW Switzerland and NW Italy, in the Pennine Alps: Napoleon led his army through it in 1800; location of a hospice. 8108 feet (2470 meters) high.
long-distance call — phone call: not local area
magnetogasdynamics — magnetohydrodynamics.
make someone tired — to annoy or vex someone
management studies — the study of the technique, practice, or science of managing a company, business, etc
materials handling — the loading, unloading, and movement of goods, as within a factory or warehouse, especially by the aid of mechanical devices.
matthias schleiden — Matthias Jakob [mah-tee-ahs yah-kawp] /mɑˈti ɑs ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1804–81, German botanist.
median lethal dose — the quantity of a lethal substance, as a poison or pathogen, or of ionizing radiation that will kill 50 percent of the organisms subjected to it in a specified time period. Symbol: LD 5 0.
mendel's first law — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
metabolic syndrome — Pathology. a group of medical conditions present simultaneously in a patient, as high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol levels, and an excess of abdominal fat, that increases a person's risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Also called insulin resistance syndrome.
methylated spirits — ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol for the purpose of preventing its use as an alcoholic beverage.
midstream operator — A midstream operator is a company that gathers, transports, and processes natural gas or oil.
mineralocorticoids — Plural form of mineralocorticoid.
misunderestimation — (nonstandard) An inaccurate underestimation, or an act of misunderestimating.
mixed martial arts — Mixed martial arts is a sport in which two people fight by hitting, kicking, and holding each other, both in a standing position and on the ground.
mobile data system — a system consisting of a client computer requesting information and a server supplying this information
mutual aid society — A mutual aid society is an organization that provides benefits or other help to its members when they are affected by things such as death, sickness, disability, old age, or unemployment.
native advertising — advertising content on a website that conforms to the design and format of the site and is integrated into the site’s usual content: native advertising that is almost indistinguishable from the paper’s news stories.
netherlands guiana — a former name of Suriname.
new forest disease — an infectious eye disease causing acute eye pain in cattle
nominative-address — a noun naming the person to whom one is speaking.
non-discriminative — constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
normally aspirated — A normally aspirated or naturally aspirated engine breathes air at atmospheric pressure.
northeast corridor — the long, narrow strip of land between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., containing many adjacent urban areas.
notifiable disease — any one of a number of infectious diseases of humans and animals, that must be reported to the public health authorities
objective idealism — a form of idealism asserting that the act of experiencing has a reality combining and transcending the natures of the object experienced and of the mind of the observer.
oedipus at colonus — a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.
on the danger list — critically ill in hospital
optical disc drive — optical disk drive
optical disk drive — (hardware) (Or "optical disc drive", "optical storage") A generic term for any device that reads and/or writes optical media, i.e. compact discs, DVDs and/or Blu-ray discs or future media that uses light (from a small laser) to read data off a removable, rotating disk. At least one such drive is commonly installed in most personal computers to allow them to play and/or record audio and video media and load and store data such as program installers. The floppy disk has been replaced by optical media due to its vastly greater capacity, e.g. 50,000 megabytes for a dual-layer blu-ray disc compared with 1.5 megabytes for a floppy (over 30,000 times as much).
order of australia — an order awarded to Australians for outstanding achievement or for service to Australia or to humanity at large; established in 1975
osteitis deformans — Paget's disease.
osteoradionecrosis — bone tissue death induced by radiation.
overdraft interest — interest charged on money withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
packet switch node — (PSN) A dedicated computer whose purpose is to accept, route and forward packets in a packet-switched network.
paediatric nursing — the branch of nursing concerned with the care of children
passing-out parade — a ceremonial parade of cadets who have completed their training
payload specialist — an astronaut trained to handle highly complex or classified equipment carried aboard a space shuttle and to conduct experiments in space.
pectoral sandpiper — an American sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, the male of which, when courting, inflates its chest conspicuously.
pedal steel guitar — an oblong, floor-mounted electrified guitar, usually having ten strings, fretted with a steel bar and producing a wailing sound that is modulated by use of a foot pedal.
pedestrian traffic — the people coming and going on foot in a street, town, etc
pennsylvania dutch — the descendants of 17th- and 18th-century settlers in Pennsylvania from southwest Germany and Switzerland.
permanent resident — an immigrant who has been given official residential status, often prior to being granted citizenship
phosphatidylserine — any of a class of phospholipids occurring in biological membranes and fats

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