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17-letter words containing y, r

  • secondary contact — communication or relationship between people characterized by impersonal and detached interest on the part of those involved.
  • secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
  • secondary process — the conscious mental activity and logical thinking controlled by the ego and influenced by environmental demands.
  • secondary product — a product that is not the main product of an industry; a by-product
  • secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
  • secondary rainbow — a faint rainbow formed by light rays that undergo two internal reflections in drops of rain, appearing above the primary rainbow and having its colors in the opposite order.
  • secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
  • secretary-general — the head or chief administrative officer of a secretariat.
  • semi-permeability — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semimicroanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
  • sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
  • sensory paralysis — impairment or loss of sensation in a part or area of the body
  • separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
  • serendipity berry — miracle fruit (def 2).
  • shipping industry — the industry concerned with transporting freight, esp by ship
  • short short story — a very short piece of prose fiction, much more condensed than the average short story.
  • short-term memory — information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time (contrasted with long-term memory).
  • shortcrust pastry — a basic type of pastry that is made with half the quantity of fat to flour, and has a crisp but crumbly texture
  • shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
  • shubra al khaymah — a city in NE Egypt, a Cairo suburb.
  • sister of charity — a member of one of several congregations of sisters founded in 1634 by St. Vincent de Paul.
  • situational irony — irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
  • sixty-fourth note — a note having one sixty-fourth of the time value of a whole note; hemidemisemiquaver.
  • sixty-fourth rest — a rest equal in time value to a sixty-fourth note.
  • slowly but surely — If you say that something is happening slowly but surely, you mean that it is happening gradually but it is definitely happening.
  • sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
  • soft-rock geology — geology dealing with sedimentary rocks.
  • sorolla y bastida — Joaquín [hwah-keen] /ʰwɑˈkin/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Spanish painter.
  • spark photography — photography of fast-moving objects, as bullets, by the light of an electric spark.
  • spastic paralysis — a condition in which the muscles affected are marked by tonic spasm and increased tendon reflexes.
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • spectrophotometry — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • spectroscopically — an optical device for producing and observing a spectrum of light or radiation from any source, consisting essentially of a slit through which the radiation passes, a collimating lens, and an Amici prism.
  • spectrum analyser — an instrument that splits an input waveform into its frequency components, which are then displayed
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
  • spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • split personality — multiple personality.
  • spongy parenchyma — the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces.
  • spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
  • squaw huckleberry — deerberry.
  • st. crispin's day — October 25: anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (1415).
  • stage-door johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
  • stand on ceremony — to insist on or act with excessive formality
  • stand your ground — relating to or denoting a legal principle or law that eliminates the duty to retreat by allowing, as a first response, self-defense by deadly force: We’re proud to represent Florida, the first stand your ground state.
  • stationary engine — an engine mounted in a fixed position, as one used for driving generators, compressors, etc.
  • statue of liberty — a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
  • statutory holiday — a public holiday; a holiday all workers are entitled to
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