17-letter words containing a, d, i, e, n

nondenominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
not bat an eyelid — When something surprising or shocking happens, if someone doesn't bat an eyelid in British English, or doesn't bat an eye in American English, they remain calm and do not show any reaction.
not one's idea of — not what one regards as (hard work, a holiday, etc)
nuclear radiation — Physics. radiation in the form of elementary particles emitted by an atomic nucleus, as alpha rays or gamma rays, produced by decay of radioactive substances or by nuclear fission.
nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
occipital condyle — a protrusion on the occipital bone of the skull that forms a joint with the first cervical vertebra, enabling the head to move relative to the neck.
octadecanoic acid — stearic acid.
odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
on the foundation — an endowment or legacy for the perpetual support of an institution such as a school or hospital
on the heavy side — tending to be too heavy
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
online dictionary — a dictionary that is available on the Internet or World Wide Web and accessed through a Web browser using a computer or a mobile device, primarily by typing a query term into a search box on the site. Online dictionaries like Dictionary.com offer immediate, direct access through large databases to a word's spelling and meanings, plus a host of ancillary information, including its variant spellings, pronunciation, inflected forms, origin, and derived forms, as well as supplementary notes on matters of interest or concern about how the word is used: Some people think online dictionaries will make print dictionaries obsolete.
organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
organized militia — a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.
overdetermination — the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.
overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
oyer and terminer — (in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts.
painted greenling — a greenling, Oxylebius pictus, inhabiting the Pacific coastal waters of North America, having a whitish body marked with black bands.
pan and tilt head — a mounting device on which a camera may be rotated in a horizontal plane (pan) or in a vertical plane (tilt)
paradise regained — an epic poem (1671) by John Milton.
parking attendant — a person who works for a traffic control agency and who issues tickets for parking violations
passive obedience — unquestioning obedience to authority
personal distance — personal space.
perth and kinross — a council area of N central Scotland, corresponding mainly to the historical counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire: part of Tayside Region from 1975 until 1996: chiefly mountainous, with agriculture, tourism, and forestry. Administrative centre: Perth. Pop: 135 990 (2003 est). Area: 5321 sq km (2019 sq miles)
phenylacetic acid — a white crystalline, aromatic acid, C 8 H 8 O 2 , used in the manufacture of penicillin and in perfumes.
phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
phumiphon aduldet — (Phumiphon Aduldet; Bhumibol Adulyadej) born 1927, king of Thailand since 1946.
physical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by means of physical agents, as manipulation, massage, exercise, heat, or water.
physical pendulum — any apparatus consisting of a body of possibly irregular shape allowed to rotate freely about a horizontal axis on which it is pivoted (distinguished from simple pendulum).
pietro da cortona — Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
pillar-and-breast — room-and-pillar.
platinic chloride — chloroplatinic acid.
pocket dictionary — a small portable dictionary
polar coordinates — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
polyadenylic acid — a homopolymer of adenylic acid enzymatically added to messenger RNA in eukaryotic cells to inhibit the hydrolytic breakdown of messenger RNA.
post-and-rail tea — (in the 19th century) a coarse tea in which floating particles resembled a post-and-rail fence
post-depositional — removal from an office or position.
postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
potassium cyanide — a white, granular, water-soluble, poisonous powder, KCN, having a faint almondlike odor, used chiefly in metallurgy and photography.
potential divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
premiere danseuse — the leading female dancer in a ballet company.
pressure gradient — the change of pressure per unit distance
pressurized cabin — the cabin of an aircraft in which the air has been pressurized
primary dentition — the deciduous dentition

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