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17-letter words containing a, d, i, t, m, e

  • haemorrhoidectomy — surgical removal of haemorrhoids
  • hairy-tailed mole — a blackish North American mole, Parascalops breweri, having a short, hairy tail.
  • hermaphrodite rig — jackass rig.
  • historical method — the process of establishing general facts and principles through attention to chronology and to the evolution or historical course of what is being studied.
  • homeland security — national defence
  • homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
  • hydroxytryptamine — (organic compound) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin).
  • ideogrammatically — In terms of, or by means of, ideograms.
  • imitation doublet — a doublet formed entirely of glass.
  • immediate annuity — an annuity bought with a single premium, with payments to the annuitant to begin at the end of one payment period, as a month or a year.
  • immediate version — child version
  • in (great) demand — If someone or something is in demand or in great demand, they are very popular and a lot of people want them.
  • incandescent lamp — a lamp that emits light due to the glowing of a heated material, especially the common device in which a tungsten filament enclosed within an evacuated glass bulb is rendered luminous by the passage of an electric current through it.
  • independent axiom — in a set of axioms, one that cannot be proved by using the others in the set.
  • indeterminateness — The quality of being indeterminate.
  • intercommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of intercommunicate.
  • interdepartmental — involving or existing between two or more departments: interdepartmental rivalry.
  • intermediate card — a card used in the carding process to transfer sliver from the breaker card to the finisher card.
  • intermediate care — an intermediate level of healthcare for chronically ill, disabled, or elderly people, especially in a facility for this purpose.
  • intermediate host — the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
  • internal medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, especially of internal organ systems.
  • intradepartmental — Within a department.
  • inward investment — Inward investment is the investment of money in a country by companies from outside that country.
  • it doesn't matter — You say 'it doesn't matter' to tell someone who is apologizing to you that you are not angry or upset, and that they should not worry.
  • job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • lambdoidal suture — the lambda-shaped seam or line of joining between the occipital and two parietal bones at the back part of the skull.
  • liberal democrats — (in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989
  • limited liability — a liability restricted by law or contract, as the liability of owners of shares in a corporation or limited company, or that of a special partner.
  • liquid petrolatum — mineral oil.
  • load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
  • lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
  • madiba generation — the generation born around 1994, when Nelson Mandela became the first president of a multiracial South Africa
  • magnetic meridian — a line on the earth's surface, passing in the direction of the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field.
  • maintained school — a school financially supported by the state
  • maintenance order — a court order stating that a divorced or legally separated man or woman must pay his or her former partner a regular sum in order to cover the costs of living
  • majority decision — a decision supported by more than half the people involved
  • make inroads into — to start to use up the supply of something
  • man's best friend — a dog, especially as a pet.
  • managing director — manager who oversees a project
  • mare fecunditatis — (Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).
  • martha's vineyard — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. About 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
  • mean piston speed — The mean piston speed is the distance traveled by a piston in a specified amount of time.
  • mean-spiritedness — the quality of being mean-spirited
  • media access unit — (networking)   (MAU or Multistation Access Unit, MSAU) In a Token Ring network, a device to attach multiple network stations in a star topology, internally wired to connect the stations into a logical ring. The MAU contains relays to short out nonoperating stations. Multiple MAUs can be connected into a larger ring through their Ring In/Ring Out connectors.
  • mediterranean sea — a sea surrounded by Africa, Europe, and Asia. 2400 miles (3865 km) long; 1,145,000 sq. mi. (2,965,550 sq. km); greatest known depth 14,436 feet (4400 meters).
  • mental deficiency — mental retardation
  • mental disability — a general or specific intellectual handicap, resulting directly or indirectly from injury to the brain or from abnormal neurological development
  • mentally impaired — with reduced or weakened mental capacity
  • metaperiodic acid — the crystalline compound HIO4, an oxyacid of iodine
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