16-letter words that end in t
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- small/fine print — The small print or the fine print of something such as an advertisement or a contract consists of the technical details and legal conditions, which are often printed in much smaller letters than the rest of the text.
- social scientist — sb: studies human society
- solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
- southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
- spanish chestnut — Castanea sativa
- speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
- special interest — special-interest group (def 1).
- specious present — a short time span in which change and duration are alleged to be directly experienced.
- speech therapist — sb who treats speaking disorders
- spiritual incest — marriage or a sexual relationship between persons related by spiritual affinity or with a person under a solemn vow of chastity
- spit-and-sawdust — (of a pub) shabby, dirty, and basic
- sports equipment — gear used to play sport
- squatter's right — a claim to real property, especially public land, that may be granted to a person who has openly possessed and continuously occupied it without legal authority for a prescribed period of years.
- starry grasswort — a weedy plant, Cerastium arvense, of the pink family, native to the North Temperate Zone, having narrow leaves and white flowers.
- state department — state (def 12).
- state of the art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- stationary front — a front between warm and cold air masses that is moving very slowly or not at all.
- stationary orbit — an orbit lying in, or approximately in, the plane of the equator for which the orbital period is equal to the spin period of the central body
- stationary point — a point on a curve at which the tangent is either horizontal or vertical, such as a maximum, a minimum, or a point of inflection
- stevedore's knot — a knot that forms a lump in a line to prevent it from passing through a hole or grommet.
- stock management — the monitoring and control of goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available at all times
- stockbroker belt — The stockbroker belt is an area outside a city, especially London, where rich people who travel to work in the city live.
- strain at a gnat — to hesitate or have scruples about trifles: Matt. 23:24
- student's t-test — a test for determining whether or not an observed sample mean differs significantly from a hypothetical normal population mean.
- studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
- summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
- summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- sunray treatment — treatment using a sunray lamp
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- sushi restaurant — a restaurant serving sushi
- suspending agent — A suspending agent is a liquid in which a solid substance can be held in suspension.
- suspense account — an account in which items are temporarily entered until their final disposition is determined.
- suspension point — one of a group of dots, usually three, used in written material to indicate the omission of a word or words
- swiss tournament — (in certain games and sports) a tournament system in which players are paired in each round according to the scores they then have, playing a new opponent each time. More players can take part than in an all-play-all tournament of the same duration
- symmetry element — any of four points, lines, or planes of a crystal: a center of symmetry, a reflection plane, a rotation axis, or a rotation-inversion axis.
- taft-hartley act — an act of the U.S. Congress (1947) that supersedes but continues most of the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act and that, in addition, provides for an eighty-day injunction against strikes that endanger public health and safety and bans closed shops, featherbedding, secondary boycotts, jurisdictional strikes, and certain other union practices.
- take (to) flight — to run away; flee
- take a back seat — a seat at the rear.
- take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
- tamper-resistant — difficult to tamper with: a tamper-resistant cap on a medicine bottle.
- tangential point — a point at which a geometric line, curve, plane, or curved surface touches another curve or surface but does not intersect it
- tariff agreement — an agreement between countries or geographical areas relating to taxes levied by governments on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
- teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
- telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
- temperature spot — a sensory area in the skin that selectively responds to increased or decreased temperature; a warm spot or a cold spot.
- terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
- teutoburg forest — region of low, forested mountains, mostly in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: highest point, c. 1,500 ft (457 m)
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area