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17-letter words containing t, e, n, s, i, o

  • self-purification — a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
  • self-recollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • self-satisfaction — a usually smug satisfaction with oneself, one's achievements, etc.
  • selkirk mountains — a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Sandford, 3533 m (11 590 ft)
  • semi-monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
  • senior management — the most senior staff of an organization or business, including the heads of various divisions or departments led by the chief executive
  • sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
  • separation center — a place at which military personnel are processed for release from active service.
  • separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
  • series connection — a circuit in which positive and negative cells are connected, thus increasing voltage
  • set one's mind on — to be determined on or determinedly desirous of
  • settlement option — any of the options, other than immediate payment in a lump sum, by which the policyholder or beneficiary may choose to have the benefits of a policy paid.
  • sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
  • sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
  • shit on a shingle — creamed chipped beef or ground beef in a sauce, served on toast.
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • shooting incident — an incident involving guns
  • shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
  • shopping precinct — pedestrian area with shops
  • shorten the reins — to take up the reins so that the distance between hand and bit is lessened, in order that the horse may be more collected
  • shouting distance — hailing distance.
  • sign of the cross — a movement of the hand to indicate a cross, as from forehead to breast and left shoulder to right or, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from right shoulder to left.
  • significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
  • silent revolution — a social or political revolution that takes place with little warning and without great fuss or unrest
  • silicon rectifier — a rectifier consisting of a semiconductor diode using crystalline silicon
  • silver collection — a collection that consists of silver coins that is made at a meeting etc
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • singer-songwriter — A singer-songwriter is someone who writes and performs their own songs, especially popular songs.
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • sixth commandment — “Thou shalt not kill”: sixth of the Ten Commandments.
  • sixty-fourth note — a note having one sixty-fourth of the time value of a whole note; hemidemisemiquaver.
  • skate on thin ice — to place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation
  • skin of our teeth — a play (1942) by Thornton Wilder.
  • slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • sleep deprivation — a condition in which you have not had enough sleep
  • sleeping position — the position that you sleep in
  • slenderness ratio — aspect ratio (def 4a).
  • slenderness-ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the span of an airfoil to its mean chord.
  • slip-joint pliers — pliers having a sliding joint, permitting the span of the jaws to be adjusted.
  • snatch one's time — to leave a job, taking whatever pay is due
  • social assistance — welfare program
  • social enterprise — a business organization that works to benefit society as a whole
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • social settlement — settlement (def 14).
  • socratic elenchus — the drawing out of the consequences of a position in order to show them to be contrary to some accepted position
  • sodium propionate — a transparent, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 3 H 5 NaO 2 , used in foodstuffs to prevent mold growth, and in medicine as a fungicide.
  • softvelocity inc. — (company)   The distributors of the Clarion family of application development systems.
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
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