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17-letter words containing s, y, n, d, a, c

  • secondary battery — storage battery.
  • secondary boycott — a boycott by union members against their employer in order to induce the employer to bring pressure on another company involved in a labor dispute with the union.
  • secondary contact — communication or relationship between people characterized by impersonal and detached interest on the part of those involved.
  • secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
  • secondary process — the conscious mental activity and logical thinking controlled by the ego and influenced by environmental demands.
  • secondary product — a product that is not the main product of an industry; a by-product
  • secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
  • secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
  • secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
  • shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
  • socially included — benefiting from social inclusion
  • st. crispin's day — October 25: anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (1415).
  • stand on ceremony — to insist on or act with excessive formality
  • sunday observance — the fact of keeping Sunday as a special day when people go to church
  • superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
  • sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
  • sydenham's chorea — a form of chorea affecting children, often associated with rheumatic fever
  • take into custody — to arrest
  • vascular cylinder — stele (sense 3)
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