18-letter words containing s, o, u, r, d
- song without words — a song which only consists of a tune or melody and does not have any lyrics
- sound and the fury — a novel (1929) by William Faulkner.
- sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
- southern rhodesian — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
- 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 one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- standoff insulator — a type of insulator that supports an electrical conductor at a distance from other elements or surfaces.
- strontium monoxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
- student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
- subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
- subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- sun-dried tomatoes — tomatoes that have been dried or preserved by exposure to the sun
- sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
- supraorbital ridge — browridge.
- the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
- the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
- thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
- thiosulphuric acid — an unstable acid known only in solutions and in the form of its salts. Formula: H2S2O3
- to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
- to cross your mind — If you say that an idea or possibility never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it.
- to cut the mustard — If someone does not cut the mustard, their work or their performance is not as good as it should be or as good as it is expected to be.
- to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
- to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
- tristan und isolde — a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.
- true to one's word — If you are true to your word or as good as your word, you do what you say you will do.
- tufted loosestrife — a primulaceous plant Naumburgia thyrsiflora
- turn one's hand to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
- ultrasound scanner — a device used to examine an internal bodily structure by the use of ultrasonic waves, esp for the diagnosis of abnormality in a fetus
- under (one's) seal — in a document authenticated by one's seal
- under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- under-compensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- under-registration — the act of registering.
- ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- video surveillance — a system of monitoring activity in an area or building using a television system in which signals are transmitted from a television camera to the receivers by cables or telephone links forming a closed circuit
- west-southwestward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west-southwest.
- wood-burning stove — cooker: fueled by wood
- work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.
- work-study student — a student who is permitted to work while studying, and use the money earned to pay for their studies
- wrongful dismissal — the act of making someone redundant for reasons which are illegal or unjust