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18-letter words containing s, o, f, t, n

  • spur-of-the-moment — occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
  • squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
  • stand confessed as — to be revealed or admitted as
  • standard of living — a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual: The well-educated generally have a high standard of living.
  • standoff insulator — a type of insulator that supports an electrical conductor at a distance from other elements or surfaces.
  • state of emergency — If a government or other authority declares a state of emergency in an area, it introduces special measures such as increased powers for the police or army, usually because of civil disorder or because of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.
  • state of the union — A State of the Union speech or address is a speech, given once a year, in which the president of the United States talks about the current political issues that affect the country as a whole and about his plans for the year ahead.
  • statement of claim — law: first pleading
  • statements of case — the formal written statements presented alternately by the plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit setting out the respective matters relied upon
  • stepping-off place — jumping-off place (def 2).
  • stinking goosefoot — a European goosefoot with foul-smelling leaves
  • stirling's formula — a relation that approximates the value of n factorial (n!), expressed as .
  • strait of magellan — a strait between the mainland of S South America and Tierra del Fuego, linking the S Pacific with the S Atlantic. Length: 600 km (370 miles). Width: up to 32 km (20 miles)
  • sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
  • sugarloaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
  • sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
  • symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
  • terms of reference — Terms of reference are the instructions given to someone when they are asked to consider or investigate a particular subject, telling them what they must deal with and what they can ignore.
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
  • the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
  • thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
  • thrift-institution — economical management; economy; frugality.
  • throw oneself into — 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.
  • time of one's life — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • to find one's feet — If you say that someone is finding their feet in a new situation, you mean that they are starting to feel confident and to deal with things successfully.
  • to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
  • to pull a fast one — If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
  • to save one's life — If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly.
  • to twist the knife — If you twist the knife or if you turn the knife in someone's wound, you do or say something to make an unpleasant situation they are in even more unpleasant.
  • torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
  • transmission shaft — a shaft that rotates transmitting motion from the engine to the differential gear
  • transmogrification — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • transrectification — rectification occurring in one circuit as a result of the application of an alternating voltage to another circuit.
  • triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
  • tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
  • turn in on oneself — to withdraw or cause to withdraw from contact with others and become preoccupied with one's own problems
  • under the aegis of — guided or protected by
  • uriniferous tubule — a urine-bearing tubule in a nephron of a kidney.
  • visiting professor — a professor from another institution invited to teach at a university or college for a limited period, usually for a semester or one academic year.
  • warrant of fitness — a six-monthly certificate required for motor vehicles certifying mechanical soundness
  • with flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
  • woman of the house — lady of the house.
  • writ of assistance — a writ issued by a superior colonial court authorizing officers of the British crown to summon aid and enter and search any premises.
  • zone of saturation — the ground below the water table
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