16-letter words containing s, t, e, v
- senior executive — someone in a senior position in a business, who makes decisions and puts them into action
- service contract — law: between employer and employee
- service elevator — an elevator for the use of servants and delivery people and for carrying large items.
- service entrance — an entrance for the use of servants, delivery people, or the like.
- service industry — business providing a service
- severance motion — an application made to a judge or court for the division into separate parts of a joint estate, contract, etc
- sexual deviation — a type of mental disorder characterized by a preference for or obsession with unusual sexual practices, as pedophilia, sadomasochism, or exhibitionism.
- sheet-web weaver — any of numerous spiders of the family Linyphiidae, characterized by a closely woven, sheetlike web.
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- shuttle movement — the movement of a component from one place to another and back to its original position
- silver medallist — a competitor who comes second in a contest or race and is awarded a medal of silver
- slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
- social evolution — the gradual development of society and social forms, institutions, etc., usually through a series of peaceful stages. Compare revolution (def 2).
- south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- specific gravity — the ratio of the density of any substance to the density of some other substance taken as standard, water being the standard for liquids and solids, and hydrogen or air being the standard for gases.
- split infinitive — an expression in which there is a word or phrase, especially an adverb or adverbial phrase, between to and its accompanying verb form in an infinitive, as in to readily understand.
- state university — a university maintained by the government of a state.
- state's evidence — evidence given by an accomplice in a crime who becomes a voluntary witness against the other defendants: The defendants' case was lost when one of them turned state's evidence.
- steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
- stevedore's knot — a knot that forms a lump in a line to prevent it from passing through a hole or grommet.
- stevenson screen — a shelter for meteorological instruments, consisting of a raised white louvred box
- 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.
- substantive rank — a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection, etc
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- supersensitivity — extremely or excessively sensitive; hypersensitive: a supersensitive smoke detector.
- take one's leave — to go away; depart
- terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
- texas revolution — a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.
- thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
- the beaver state — a name for the state of Oregon
- the heavens open — If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily.
- the noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
- the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
- the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
- the silver state — the nickname of the US state of Nevada, which comes from the large amount of silver discovered and mined there
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- thick as thieves — very close friends
- thieves' kitchen — a thieves' hideout
- time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours
- tinnevelly senna — any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
- to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
- to speak volumes — If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.
- top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
- transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
- transverse flute — the normal orchestral flute, as opposed to the recorder (or fipple flute)
- travel insurance — insurance which covers losses that may be incurred while travelling, such as medical expenses, flight cancellations, lost luggage, etc
- traveler's check — a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.
- unattractiveness — the condition of not appealing to the senses or mind through beauty, form, character, etc