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21-letter words containing s, u, b, n, i, t

  • saponification number — the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify one gram of a given ester, especially a glyceride.
  • satisficing behaviour — the form of behaviour demonstrated by firms who seek satisfactory profits and satisfactory growth rather than maximum profits
  • sb/sth reigns supreme — Someone or something that reigns supreme is the most important or powerful element in a situation or period of time.
  • single spanish burton — a tackle having a runner as well as the fall supporting the load, giving a mechanical advantage of three, neglecting friction.
  • snr bandwidth product — (communications)   The integral of the SNR over frequency. The SNR bandwidth product is an important limit in the capacity of a communication channel.
  • subjective complement — subject complement.
  • subliminal perception — perception of or reaction to a stimulus that occurs without awareness or consciousness
  • subsistence allowance — money given in advance to a new soldier, employee, etc., to buy food, clothing, and pay for other necessities while awaiting a first pay.
  • substitution instance — an expression so derived from another
  • substitution reaction — the replacement of an atom or group of atoms in a compound by another atom or group.
  • supplementary benefit — (formerly) an extra amount of money that is paid to someone by the government, in addition to their normal income. Replaced by income support in 1988
  • tetrabromofluorescein — eosin (def 1).
  • think outside the box — to think in a different, innovative, or original manner, esp with regard to business practices, products, systems, etc
  • to be mixed up in sth — if you are mixed up in something, usually something bad, you are involved in it
  • to put the wind up sb — If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you.
  • trustee in bankruptcy — a person appointed by a court to administer the property of a bankrupt.
  • tubercular meningitis — an infection of the membranes of the central nervous system caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis; features can include fever, headache, and coma
  • uniform business rate — a local tax in the UK paid by businesses, based on a local valuation of their premises and a rate fixed by central government that applies throughout the country
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