25-letter words containing st
- registered representative — an employee of a member firm of a stock exchange, authorized to execute orders for the clients of the firm.
- rubidium-strontium dating — a radiometric dating method whereby the ratio of rubidium isotope to strontium in a mineral is used to calculate the age of the mineral, based on the rate of radioactive decay of rubidium to strontium.
- saddle block (anesthesia) — a method of spinal anesthesia, often used during obstetric delivery, that produces anesthesia in that area of the body that would be in contact with a saddle during horseback riding
- sitting and standing room — places designated both for sitting and standing (customers), as in a concert hall, etc
- soroptimist international — an organization of clubs for professional and executive businesswomen
- stand in a person's light — to stand so as to obscure a person's vision
- standard ml of new jersey — (SML/NJ) An implementation of SML by Andrew Appel at Princeton <[email protected]> and Dave MacQueen at AT&T. Version 0.93. Versions for Unix, Mac. ftp://cs.yale.edu/pub/ml, ftp://research.att.com/dist/ml. Mailing list: [email protected]
- state services commission — (in New Zealand) a government-appointed body in charge of the public service
- statement savings account — a savings account in which transactions are confirmed periodically by a bank statement.
- statistically independent — (of events or values) having the probability of their joint occurrence equal to the product of their individual probabilities.
- streaming simd extensions — (architecture) (SSE) Intel Corporation's floating point SIMD extention of their Pentium microprocessor architecture. SSE was formerly know as KNI (Katmai New Instructions). It was introduced with the Pentium III.
- stress corrosion cracking — Stress corrosion cracking is a type of corrosion that can happen when a stress is present, resulting in cracks in the surface of metal.
- stretch one's imagination — If you say that something stretches your imagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.
- strong accumulation point — a point such that every neighborhood of the point contains infinitely many points of a given set.
- structured query language — SQL
- sulphate-resisting cement — a type of Portland cement that resists normal concentrations of sulphates: used in concrete for flues and underwater work
- take sth under advisement — If someone in authority takes a matter under advisement, they decide that the matter needs to be considered more carefully, often by experts.
- take the sting out of sth — If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.
- thank one's (lucky) stars — to be thankful for what appears to be good luck
- the calm before the storm — You can use the calm before the storm to refer to a quiet period in which there is little or no activity, before a period in which there is a lot of trouble or intense activity.
- the empire state building — a very high skyscraper in New York City
- the first epistle of john — an epistle attributed to the apostle John which counters claims that Jesus Christ came only in spirit and not in the flesh
- the high priestess of sth — if you call a woman the high priestess of a particular thing, you are saying in a slightly mocking way that she is considered by people to be expert in that thing
- the industrial revolution — the transformation in the 18th and 19th centuries of first Britain and then other W European countries and the US into industrial nations
- the protestant work ethic — a belief in the moral value of work, associated with Protestant Christianity
- the scholastic profession — the profession of teaching
- the third epistle of john — an epistle attributed to the apostle John and addressed to a man called Gaius, who is praised in the letter
- the trash heap of history — a figurative or imaginative place where forgotten things or people go
- throw dust in the eyes of — to confuse or mislead
- to be on first-name terms — (of two people) knowing each other well enough to call each other by their first names, rather than having to use a more formal title.
- to be on the naughty step — to experience public disfavour, usually because of perceived wayward behaviour
- to cut a long story short — In British English, you use to cut a long story short to indicate that you are going to state the final result of an event and not give any more details. In American English, you say to make a long story short.
- to pull out all the stops — If you pull out all the stops, you do everything you can to make something happen or succeed.
- to thank your lucky stars — If you say that someone should thank their lucky stars that something is the case, you mean that they should be very grateful that it is the case, because otherwise their situation would be a lot worse.
- trading standards officer — a person who works for a trading standards office
- turn up one's nose at sth — If you turn up your nose at something, you reject it because you think that it is not good enough for you.
- under the aegis of sb/sth — Something that is done under the aegis of a person or organization is done with their official support and backing.
- university of east london — (body, education) (UEL) A UK University with six academic Faculties: Design and The Built Environment, East London Business School, Institute Of Health and Rehabilitation, Faculty Of Science, Social Sciences and Technology.
- verbum sat sapienti (est) — a word to the wise (is) enough
- what is sb/sth doing here — If you ask what someone or something is doing in a particular place, you are asking why they are there.
- world's oldest profession — prostitution.
- yellowstone national park — a park in NW Wyoming and adjacent parts of Montana and Idaho: geysers, hot springs, falls, canyon. 3458 sq. mi. (8955 sq. km).