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15-letter words containing u, t, n, a

  • self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
  • self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
  • self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
  • self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
  • self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-sustaining — self-supporting.
  • self-sustenance — means of sustaining life; nourishment.
  • semi-autonomous — acting independently to some degree
  • semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
  • semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
  • semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.
  • sesquicarbonate — a salt intermediate in composition between a carbonate and a bicarbonate or consisting of the two combined.
  • sesquicentenary — a hundred and fiftieth anniversary
  • seven-card stud — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in each of the first two rounds, one card face up in each of the next four rounds, and one card face down in the last round, each of the last five rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare stud poker (def 1).
  • shut one's face — to be silent
  • simple equation — linear equation
  • sir arthur john — Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
  • sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • smoky mountains — Great Smoky Mountains
  • snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
  • snowy mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, part of the Australian Alps: famous hydroelectric scheme
  • sodium arsenite — a white or grayish-white, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaAsO 2 , used chiefly in arsenical soaps for hides, as an insecticide, and as a weed-killer.
  • sodium benzoate — a white crystalline soluble compound used as an antibacterial and antifungal agent in preserving food (E211), as an antiseptic, and in making dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: (C6H5COO)Na
  • sostenuto pedal — a pedal on a grand piano that raises the dampers, allowing the tone to be sustained for those strings struck at the time the pedal is depressed.
  • sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
  • south caucasian — a family of languages including Georgian, Mingrelian, and others that are spoken on the south slopes of the Caucasus and adjacent areas.
  • south china sea — a part of the W Pacific, bounded by SE China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines.
  • south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
  • southeast asian — the countries and land area of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
  • southend-on-sea — a seaport in SE Essex, in SE England, on Thames estuary.
  • southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • special student — a student who is not seeking a degree but enrols in a course, esp to gain academic credits
  • spontaneousness — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • stable equation — a differential equation each solution of which tends to zero as the independent variable increases to infinity. Compare transient (def 6).
  • stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • standard clause — a clause which is inserted as standard into certain types of contracts or agreements
  • stannic sulfide — a yellowish or brownish, water-insoluble powder, SnS 2 , usually used suspended in lacquer or varnish for gilding and bronzing metals, wood, paper, etc.; mosaic gold.
  • state education — education provided by the state; education which is not private
  • status quo ante — the state of affairs existing prior to a given event
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • storm insurance — insurance cover against damage caused by windstorms
  • structural gene — cistron.
  • structural iron — iron shaped for use in construction.
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