18-letter words containing s, t, y, l, u
- population density — ratio: inhabitants to area
- post-revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- quality of service — (communications, networking) (QoS) The performance properties of a network service, possibly including throughput, transit delay, priority. Some protocols allow packets or streams to include QoS requirements.
- quasi-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- rear its ugly head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- repayment schedule — a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan, such as monthly payment, interest rate, due dates etc
- revolutionary wars — American Revolution.
- safety regulations — regulations or rules that are put in place to ensure a product, event, etc, is safe and not dangerous
- schwarz inequality — Also called Cauchy's inequality. the theorem that the inner product of two vectors is less than or equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors.
- securities analyst — an expert who advises on investment in securities such as stocks, shares and bonds
- security clearance — access to top secret information
- shop till you drop — If you shop till you drop, you do a large amount of shopping.
- shugart technology — Seagate Technology
- sodium hyposulfite — sodium thiosulfate.
- solubility product — the maximum number of undissociated ions, of an electrolyte in a saturated solution, capable at a given temperature of remaining in equilibrium with the undissolved phase of the solution.
- structural geology — the branch of geology dealing with the structure and distribution of the rocks that make up the crust of the earth. Also called tectonics. Compare structure (def 7a).
- study hall teacher — a teacher who supervises or helps students during a period of time or lesson used for studying
- super royal octavo — a book size, 63⁄4 by 101⁄4 inches
- super royal quarto — a book size, 101⁄4 by 131⁄2 inches
- the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
- to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
- to cool your heels — If you are cooling your heels, someone is deliberately keeping you waiting, so that you get bored or impatient.
- to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
- to lose your nerve — If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.
- to play favourites — to display favouritism
- to spill your guts — if someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private
- unconstitutionally — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
- unenthusiastically — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- universalizability — the thesis that any moral judgment must be equally applicable to every relevantly identical situation
- university faculty — a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas
- up to the eyeballs — You use up to the eyeballs to emphasize that someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree.
- west puente valley — a town in SW California.
- wildlife sanctuary — an area where wild animals and plants are protected
- yeast nucleic acid — RNA.
- yves saint laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.