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

student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
study hall teacher — a teacher who supervises or helps students during a period of time or lesson used for studying
sturt's desert pea — the desert pea
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.
sun-dried tomatoes — tomatoes that have been dried or preserved by exposure to the sun
super middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 168 pounds (75.6 kg), between middleweight and light heavyweight.
supraorbital ridge — browridge.
suspended sentence — law: deferred decision
sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
swim with the tide — to conform to prevailing opinion
synthetic division — a simplified procedure for dividing a polynomial by a linear polynomial.
take sth in stride — If you take a problem or difficulty in stride, you deal with it calmly and easily.
tan someone's hide — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
tardive dyskinesia — a disorder characterized by restlessness and involuntary rolling of the tongue or twitching of the face, trunk, or limbs, usually occurring as a complication of long-term therapy with antipsychotic drugs.
temporary hardness — hardness of water due to the presence of magnesium and calcium hydrogencarbonates, which can be precipitated as carbonates by boiling
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black and tans — a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin
the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
the lords temporal — (in Britain) peers other than bishops in their capacity as members of the House of Lords
the middle passage — the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas
the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
the same old story — the familiar or regular course of events
the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
theodore roosevelt — (Anna) Eleanor, 1884–1962, U.S. diplomat, author, and lecturer (wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt).
therese de lisieux — Saint (Marie Françoise Thérèse Martin"the Little Flower") 1873–97, French Carmelite nun.
thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
threatened species — a species likely, in the near future, to become an endangered species within all or much of its range.
to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
to clear the decks — If you clear the decks, you get ready to start something new by finishing any work that has to be done or getting rid of any problems that are in the way.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to come unstitched — to go wrong or awry
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 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 a bad press — If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
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 one's advantage — If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you.
to pick and choose — If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
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.
to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
townsend avalanche — avalanche (def 3).

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