16-letter words containing s, e, t, u
- statutory change — a change in the law
- step out of line — to fail to conform to expected standards, attitudes, etc
- stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
- stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stinging capsule — a nematocyst.
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- stop-loss clause — a limitation on the amount of loss sustained by the insured without compensation in a given period.
- strawberry guava — a shrub or small tree, Psidium littorale, of the myrtle family, native to Brazil, having smooth, grayish-brown bark, leathery leaves, white flowers, and edible, white-fleshed, purplish-red fruit.
- strawberry shrub — Carolina allspice
- streaked gurnard — a type of fish, Chelidonichthys lastoviza or Trigloporus lastoviza
- street furniture — pieces of equipment, such as streetlights and pillar boxes, placed in the street for the benefit of the public
- striped squirrel — any squirrel with stripes on its back, as a chipmunk.
- structural steel — the variety of steel shapes rolled for use in construction.
- student teaching — the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
- student's t-test — a test for determining whether or not an observed sample mean differs significantly from a hypothetical normal population mean.
- 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.
- sub-postmistress — (in Britain) a woman who runs a sub-post office
- subjectification — to make subjective.
- subsistence crop — a food plant which is grown by a farmer for consumption by himself and his family, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
- subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
- substance abuser — a person who takes an excessive amount of drugs in a manner that is detrimental to health
- substantive rank — a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection, etc
- 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
- sulfamethoxazole — an antimicrobial substance, C 1 0 H 1 1 N 3 O 3 S, used against a variety of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, as in the treatment of certain urinary tract infections and skin infections.
- sulfur butterfly — any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae.
- sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
- summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
- summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
- 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.
- summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
- sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
- sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
- sunray treatment — treatment using a sunray lamp
- sunrise industry — any of the high-technology industries, such as electronics, that hold promise of future development
- super-injunction — an instruction or order issued by a court imposing restrictions on reporting, including any reference to the restriction itself
- super-patriotism — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
- superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
- superficialities — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
- supersensitivity — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
- superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
- surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
- surface-printing — planography.