20-letter words containing sta
- recommended standard — (standard) (RS) A series of EIA standards including EIA-232.
- someone's last stand — You can describe someone's final attempt to defend themselves before they are defeated as their last stand.
- staff of aesculapius — a representation of a forked staff with an entwining serpent, used as a symbol of the medical profession and as the insignia of the American Medical Association and other medical organizations. Compare caduceus (def 2).
- staff sergeant major — a noncommissioned officer equivalent in rank to a command sergeant major but having no command responsibility.
- stained glass window — a window made of coloured glass, often showing religious pictures and usually seen in churches
- stallman, richard m. — Richard Stallman
- standard book number — International Standard Book Number. Abbreviation: SBN.
- standstill agreement — law: between company and bidder
- star spangled banner — Stars and Stripes.
- star-spangled banner — Stars and Stripes.
- stare sb in the face — If a situation or the answer to a problem is staring you in the face, it is very obvious, although you may not be immediately aware of it.
- state enrolled nurse — a nurse with training and examinations enabling him or her to perform many nursing services
- state highway patrol — a state's road traffic police
- state representative — a person elected by a state to be a member of the House of Representatives
- states of the church — Papal States
- the centennial state — a nickname for Colorado
- there's no mistaking — You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
- to stand your ground — If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you continue to support a particular argument or to have a particular opinion when other people are opposing you or trying to make you change your mind.
- toothbrush moustache — a short narrow moustache, resembling the filaments of a toothbrush
- vitoria de conquista — a city in Bahía state, E central Brazil.
- western india states — a former association of states in W India, largely on Kathiawar Peninsula.
- weston standard cell — a primary cell used as a standard of emf, producing 1.018636 volts: consists of a mercury anode and a cadmium amalgam cathode in an electrolyte of saturated cadmium sulphate
- white elephant stall — a stall, usually at a fete or fundraising event, where unwanted possessions are sold