18-letter words containing u, n, s

soft touch sealing — Soft touch sealing is a copolymer seal for a tank, with characteristics designed for softness, used instead of a metal seal to help avoid fire when sparks are generated.
soldier of fortune — a person who independently seeks pleasure, wealth, etc., through adventurous exploits.
solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
song without words — a song which only consists of a tune or melody and does not have any lyrics
sound and the fury — a novel (1929) by William Faulkner.
sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
south saskatchewan — a river in W Canada, flowing E from S Alberta and joining the North Saskatchewan River to form the Saskatchewan River. 865 miles (1392 km) long.
southampton island — an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories at the entrance to Hudson Bay. 19,100 sq. mi. (49,470 sq. km).
southern cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
southern rhodesian — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
spackling compound — spackle
spaghetti junction — an interchange, usually between motorways, in which there are a large number of underpasses and overpasses and intersecting roads used by a large volume of high-speed traffic
spanish succession — War of thea war (1701-14) between European powers disputing the succession to the Spanish throne
specimen signature — a signature to be compared to an original signature in order to verify someone's identity
spur-of-the-moment — occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
squirting cucumber — a Mediterranean plant, Ecballium elaterium, of the gourd family, whose ripened fruit forcibly ejects the seeds and juice.
stand one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
standard schnauzer — schnauzer.
standoff insulator — a type of insulator that supports an electrical conductor at a distance from other elements or surfaces.
state of the union — A State of the Union speech or address is a speech, given once a year, in which the president of the United States talks about the current political issues that affect the country as a whole and about his plans for the year ahead.
stirling's formula — a relation that approximates the value of n factorial (n!), expressed as .
store launch event — A store launch event is a special event, which publicizes the opening of a new store and at which discounts and free samples may be offered.
strangeness number — a quantum number, designating the strangeness of an elementary particle, equivalent to the hypercharge minus the baryon number
strike an attitude — to assume a posture or pose, often an affected or theatrical one
strontium monoxide — a white insoluble solid substance used in making strontium salts and purifying sugar. Formula: SrO
stroustrup, bjarne — Bjarne Stroustrup
student councillor — a student who is a member of a council or body representing the interests of students at a school, university or college
sub-classification — to arrange in subclasses.
sub-saharan africa — the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara desert
subject complement — a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, as sleepy in The travelers became sleepy.
subliminal message — a message passed to the human mind without the mind being consciously aware of it, as, for example, in advertising
submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
submaxillary gland — submandibular gland.
subordinate clause — a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived.
subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
subsistence farmer — a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
succes de scandale — success won by reason of topical, usually scandalous, subject matter rather than by merit and critical respect.
sugarloaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
sun-dried tomatoes — tomatoes that have been dried or preserved by exposure to the sun
sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
superior vena cava — See under vena cava.
superstring theory — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
surgical appliance — a specialized device used by somebody to relieve a particular medical condition
survival mechanism — something you or your body does automatically, in order to survive in a dangerous or unpleasant situation
suspended sentence — law: deferred decision

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