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19-letter words containing s, o, n, i

  • someone's writ runs — someone has power or authority of a specified kind or scope
  • son-of-a-bitch stew — (in the Old West) a stew often prepared by chuck-wagon cooks for working cowboys, containing tripe and often also the heart, liver, brains, kidney, etc., of a slaughtered steer.
  • south african dutch — the Boers.
  • south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
  • south san francisco — a city in central California.
  • southern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.
  • soviet central asia — the region of the former Soviet Union now occupied by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
  • soviet of the union — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • sow one's wild oats — any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  • spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
  • spanish inquisition — the Inquisition in Spain, under state control from 1480 to 1834, marked by the extreme severity and cruelty of its proceedings in the 16th century.
  • speaking in tongues — a form of glossolalia in which a person experiencing religious ecstasy utters incomprehensible sounds that the speaker believes are a language spoken through him or her by a deity.
  • specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
  • speculative fiction — a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements
  • speeding conviction — a conviction for breaking the speed limit while driving a vehicle
  • sphere of influence — any area in which one nation wields dominant power over another or others.
  • spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
  • spirit of hartshorn — a colorless, pungent, suffocating, aqueous solution of about 28.5 percent ammonia gas: used chiefly as a detergent, for removing stains and extracting certain vegetable coloring agents, and in the manufacture of ammonium salts.
  • splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
  • split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
  • spotted wintergreen — an evergreen plant, Chimaphila maculata, of central North America, having leaves with mottled-white veins and white, fragrant flowers.
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • stabilization print — a print made by the stabilization process.
  • staff-student ratio — the ratio of teachers to pupils or students in a school, college, or university
  • stagnation mastitis — caked breast.
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • stand in good stead — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
  • standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
  • stanford university — (education)   A University in the city of Palo Alto, California, noted for work in computing, especially artificial intelligence. See SAIL.
  • stanford-binet test — a revised version of the Binet-Simon scale, prepared at Stanford University for use in the U.S.
  • stanislavski method — method (def 5).
  • stationary engineer — a person who runs or is licensed to run a stationary engine.
  • stationers' company — a company or guild of the city of London composed of booksellers, printers, dealers in writing materials, etc., incorporated in 1557.
  • stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
  • sternocleidomastoid — of, relating to, or involving the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process.
  • stick in one's craw — the crop of a bird or insect.
  • stick it to someone — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stick to one's guns — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
  • stick to one's last — a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
  • store refurbishment — Store refurbishment happens when a store needs to be redecorated, modernized or the layout changed. The store will often be closed to customers during this time.
  • straight and narrow — the way of virtuous or proper conduct: After his release from prison, he resolved to follow the straight and narrow.
  • straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
  • strict counterpoint — the application of the rules of counterpoint as an academic exercise
  • strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
  • strontium hydroxide — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, Sr(OH) 2 , or its crystalline octahydrate (strontium hydrate) used chiefly in the refining of beet sugar.
  • subsistence economy — an economy which produces only enough output for its own consumption and does not attempt to accumulate wealth
  • substitution cipher — a cipher that replaces letters of the plain text with another set of letters or symbols.
  • succession of crops — the continuous cultivation of a crop throughout a season by successive plantings or by the use of varieties with different rates of growth.
  • sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
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