17-letter words containing a, c, o, n, g
- strange attractor — Physics. a stable, nonperiodic state or behavior exhibited by some dynamic systems, especially turbulent ones, that can be represented as a nonrepeating pattern in the system's phase space.
- 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
- swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
- sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
- switching station — A switching station is equipment used to tie together two or more electric circuits through switches.
- 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.
- teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
- teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
- technical college — school of further and vocational education
- telecommunicating — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- the neolithic age — the last part of the Stone Age, where metal tools became widespread
- thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
- to steal a glance — If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.
- traditional logic — formal logic based on syllogistic formulas, especially as developed by Aristotle.
- transignification — (in the Eucharist) a change in the significance of the bread and wine to symbolize the body and blood of Christ.
- unipalm group plc — (company) A company floated in March 1994.
- vasovagal syncope — a faint brought on by excessive activity of the vagus nerve, causing the heart to slow and the blood pressure to fall. It can be caused by fear, choking, or stomach cramps and has no lasting effects
- village community — an early form of community organization in which land belonged to the village, the arable land being allotted to the members or households of the community by more or less permanent arrangements and the waste or excess land remaining undivided.
- warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
- well-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
- zola technologies — (company) Producers of the Z simulation language.
- zoological garden — zoo (def 1).