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17-letter words containing s, u, c, e, t, o

  • a sop to cerberus — a bribe or something given to propitiate a potential source of danger or problems
  • absolute monarchy — a monarchy without constitutional limits
  • accounting system — the way in which a company keeps its accounts
  • acoustic feedback — a type of feedback that is created when there is a sound loop linking an audio input and an audio output, such that a high-pitched squealing sound is produced
  • acoustoelectronic — denoting a device in which electronic signals are converted into acoustic waves, esp in delay lines, etc
  • active suspension — a type of suspension in a car that is controlled by an onboard computer and improves the vehicle's roadholding so that it takes corners, accelerates, and brakes more smoothly
  • acupressure point — any of the specific points on the body where pressure is applied in acupressure
  • adjunct professor — a professor employed by a college or university for a specific purpose or length of time and often part-time.
  • aristolochiaceous — belonging to the Aristolochiaceae, the birthwort family of plants.
  • at close quarters — If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
  • at cross purposes — an opposing or contrary purpose.
  • at cross-purposes — If people are at cross-purposes, they do not understand each other because they are working towards or talking about different things without realizing it.
  • audio description — a facility provided for visually impaired people in which a film, television programme, or play is described through audio technology
  • aurea mediocritas — the golden mean.
  • australopithecine — any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old
  • bachelor's button — any of several plants of a genus (Centaurea) of the composite family, that have scaly, vase-shaped bracts below the white, pink, or blue flowers; esp., the cornflower and knapweed
  • bachelor's-button — any of various plants with round flower heads, especially the cornflower.
  • bluegrass country — region in central Ky. where there is much bluegrass
  • bowel obstruction — a blockage in the bowel
  • bulbous buttercup — a European buttercup, Ranunculus bulbosus, having yellow flowers in irregular branching clusters: a common weed in North America.
  • buncher resonator — See under Klystron.
  • bureau of customs — former name of the United States Customs Service.
  • butterfly closure — an adhesive bandage resembling the shape of a butterfly's outstretched wings, used for closing minor cuts.
  • buttonhole stitch — a reinforcing looped stitch for the edge of material, such as around a buttonhole
  • café-au-lait spot — a brown patch on the skin that can occur normally in small numbers or in neurofibromatosis, when they are more numerous
  • calcium phosphate — the insoluble nonacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid (phosphoric(V) acid): it occurs in bones and is the main constituent of bone ash. Formula: Ca3(PO4)2
  • cannot choose but — to be obliged to
  • carlos de austriaDon [dawn] /dɔn/ (Show IPA), 1545–68, eldest son of Philip II of Spain: died during imprisonment for conspiracy against his father.
  • cartesian product — the set of all ordered pairs of members of two given sets. The product A × B is the set of all pairs <a, b> where a is a member of A and b is a member of B
  • case-study method — Also called case-study method [keys-stuhd-ee] /ˈkeɪsˈstʌd i/ (Show IPA). the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
  • cast/run your eye — If you cast your eye or run your eye over something, you look at it or read it quickly.
  • celestial equator — the great circle lying on the celestial sphere, the plane of which is perpendicular to the line joining the north and south celestial poles
  • cellulose acetate — nonflammable material made by acetylating cellulose: used in the manufacture of film, dopes, lacquers, and artificial fibres
  • cellulose nitrate — a compound made by treating cellulose with nitric and sulphuric acids, used in plastics, lacquers, and explosives: a nitrogen-containing ester of cellulose
  • change one's tune — to alter one's attitude or tone of speech
  • chemotherapeutics — chemotherapy.
  • chocolate biscuit — a biscuit covered with chocolate
  • close punctuation — punctuation in which many commas, full stops, etc, are used
  • coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
  • coitus reservatus — the deliberate delaying or avoidance of orgasm during intercourse
  • coldstream guards — a guard regiment of the English royal household: formed in Coldstream, Scotland, 1659–60, and instrumental in restoring the English monarchy under Charles II.
  • colour separation — the division of a coloured original into cyan, magenta, yellow, and black so that plates may be made for print reproduction. Separation may be achieved by electronic scanning or by photographic techniques using filters to isolate each colour
  • colour supplement — A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends.
  • colour television — television that broadcasts in real-life colours, as opposed to black and white
  • combustion engine — any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion.
  • communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • community service — Community service is unpaid work that criminals sometimes do as a punishment instead of being sent to prison.
  • complement clause — a subordinate clause that functions as the subject, direct object, or prepositional object of a verb, as that you like it in I'm surprised that you like it.
  • compound interest — Compound interest is interest that is calculated both on an original sum of money and on interest which has previously been added to the sum. Compare simple interest.
  • compound sentence — a sentence containing at least two coordinate clauses

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