17-letter words containing a, b, i, g, s
- high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
- in-band signaling — in-band signalling
- indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
- indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
- indistinguishably — In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
- intangible assets — intellectual property, etc.
- learning-disabled — pertaining to or having a learning disability: a learning-disabled child.
- lebesgue integral — an integral obtained by application of the theory of measure and more general than the Riemann integral.
- light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
- malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
- non-assignability — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- on the pig's back — successful; established
- pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
- pseudo-biological — pertaining to biology.
- salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
- sanctions-busting — the deliberate disregarding of sanctions that are in force against a state, organization, etc
- semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- six-speed gearbox — a gearbox containing a system of six gears
- spiral bevel gear — a bevel gear having curved teeth tending to converge on the axis of rotation.
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
- subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
- subsidiary ledger — (in accounting) a ledger containing a group of detailed and related accounts the total of which is summarized in the control account.
- substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
- symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
- take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
- terrestrial globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
- the bag of tricks — every device; everything
- tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
- turbinado (sugar) — a partially refined, granulated, pale-brown sugar obtained by washing raw sugar in a centrifuge until most of the molasses is removed
- undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- universal algebra — (logic) The model theory of first-order equational logic.
- user brain damage — (humour) (UBD) A description (usually abbreviated) used to close a trouble report obviously due to utter cluelessness on the user's part. Compare pilot error; opposite: PBD; see also brain-damaged, PEBCAK.
- vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
- wang laboratories — (body) Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
- wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
- wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
- with guns blazing — If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing, you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.
- working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.