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

  • store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • strange attractor — Physics. a stable, nonperiodic state or behavior exhibited by some dynamic systems, especially turbulent ones, that can be represented as a nonrepeating pattern in the system's phase space.
  • strange interlude — a play (1928) by Eugene O'Neill.
  • straw in the wind — If you say that an incident or piece of news is a straw in the wind, you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future.
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • stray capacitance — undesired capacitance in equipment, occurring between the wiring, between the wiring and the chassis, or between components and the chassis
  • stress management — coping with psychological pressure
  • stress relaxation — Stress relaxation is a gradual reduction in stress with time at constant strain.
  • stretch limousine — a limousine that has been lengthened to provide extra seating accommodation and more legroom
  • stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
  • string instrument — a musical instrument that has strings, such as the violin or cello
  • strut one's stuff — to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers.
  • subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • subsistence level — low standard of living
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • suction lipectomy — the removal of fatty tissue by making a small incision in the skin, loosening the fat layer, and withdrawing it by suction.
  • sudetes mountains — mountain range along the borders of N Czech Republic & SW Poland: highest peak, 5,259 ft (1,603 m)
  • sufficient reason — the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
  • sum and substance — main idea, gist, or point: the sum and substance of an argument.
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • sunday supplement — a special section incorporated in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, often containing features on books, celebrities, home entertainment, gardening, and the like.
  • super-nationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superalimentation — nourishment; nutrition.
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
  • supernova remnant — an expanding shell of gas, with accompanying strong radio and x-ray emissions, produced by a supernova.
  • superregeneration — regeneration in which a signal is alternately amplified and quenched at a frequency slightly above the audible range to achieve high sensitivity with a single tube.
  • superstitiousness — of the nature of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition: superstitious fears.
  • supply management — business purchasing
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • surface treatment — A surface treatment is a process applied to the surface of a material to make it better in some way, for example by making it more resistant to corrosion or wear.
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • suspension points — a group of dots, usually three, used in written material to indicate the omission of a word or words
  • sustained-release — (of a drug or fertilizer) capable of gradual release of an active agent over a period of time, allowing for a sustained effect; timed-release; long-acting; prolonged-action; slow-release.
  • sustentation fund — a fund, esp in the Church of Scotland, to augment the support of ministers
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • sweating sickness — a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours.
  • sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • take into custody — to arrest
  • take no prisoners — to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
  • take second place — If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
  • take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
  • take sth on trust — If you take something on trust after having heard or read it, you believe it completely without checking it.
  • take to one's bed — to remain in bed, esp because of illness
  • take upon oneself — to take the responsibility for; accept as a charge
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