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16-letter words containing t, e, n, d

  • state-controlled — controlled by the government
  • state-maintained — publicly funded
  • steric hindrance — the prevention or retardation of inter- or intramolecular interactions as a result of the spatial structure of a molecule.
  • stevedore's knot — a knot that forms a lump in a line to prevent it from passing through a hole or grommet.
  • stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
  • stone-cold sober — If someone is stone-cold sober, they are not drunk at all.
  • stopped diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
  • storm and stress — Sturm und Drang.
  • strain hardening — a process in which a metal is permanently deformed in order to increase its resistance to further deformation
  • strait-lacedness — the state or quality of being strait-laced
  • strawberry blond — reddish blond.
  • streaked gurnard — a type of fish, Chelidonichthys lastoviza or Trigloporus lastoviza
  • student teaching — the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
  • student's t-test — a test for determining whether or not an observed sample mean differs significantly from a hypothetical normal population mean.
  • studentification — the renting of particular accommodation exclusively to students
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
  • summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
  • sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
  • sunrise industry — any of the high-technology industries, such as electronics, that hold promise of future development
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
  • suspending agent — A suspending agent is a liquid in which a solid substance can be held in suspension.
  • sustaining pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
  • sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
  • sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
  • sweet almond oil — almond oil (def 1).
  • take for granted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
  • tandem computers — (company)   A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
  • tax depreciation — Tax depreciation is depreciation in a company's internal financial records that is different from the amount that is used for the internal books.
  • tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
  • tell one's beads — a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
  • ten commandments — Bible: instructions given to Moses
  • tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
  • tequendama falls — a waterfall in central Colombia, on the Bogota River, SW of Bogota. 515 feet (157 meters) high.
  • terminal adaptor — (networking, hardware)   (TA) Equipment used to adapt Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX). A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it replaces it.
  • terminus ad quem — the end to which; aim; goal; final or latest limiting point.
  • tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
  • thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
  • the barren lands — a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay: sparsely inhabited, chiefly by Inuit
  • the england team — any sports team representing England, esp the England football team.
  • the four hundred — the most exclusive or affluent social clique in a particular place
  • the here and now — the present time
  • the herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
  • the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • the mekong delta — the area where the Mekong River empties into the sea through distributaries
  • the mendip hills — a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft)
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
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