16-letter words containing s, y, n, t, h
- synchrocyclotron — a type of cyclotron that synchronizes its accelerating voltage with particle velocity in order to compensate for the relativistic mass increase of the particle as it approaches the speed of light.
- synthetic cubism — the late phase of cubism, characterized chiefly by an increased use of color and the imitation or introduction of a wide range of textures and material into painting.
- synthetic rubber — any of several substances similar to natural rubber in properties and uses, produced by the polymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, as butylene or isoprene, or by the copolymerization of such hydrocarbons with styrene, butadiene, or the like.
- synthetic speech — computer-generated audio output that resembles human speech, produced by an electronic synthesizer operated by means of a keyboard.
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
- thanksgiving day — a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Monday of October.
- the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
- the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
- the honor system — a reliance on people to behave properly without supervision
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
- the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
- there's no hurry — If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
- thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).