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17-letter words containing a, d, o, l, e, s

  • microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
  • monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
  • movable-do system — a system of solmization in which the syllable do can be transposed to the tonic of any key.
  • mundane astrology — the astrology of worldly events, in contrast to the astrology of the individual: used especially in interpretations and forecasts involving politics, the stock market, weather, and disasters.
  • muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
  • narrow-shouldered — having shoulders which do not extend very far from the neck; not broad-shouldered
  • new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
  • nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
  • nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
  • nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
  • old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
  • old red sandstone — a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period
  • paradoxical sleep — REM sleep.
  • personal distance — personal space.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
  • prolonged-release — A prolonged-release drug delivers a dose of a medication over an extended period of time.
  • pseudo-biological — pertaining to biology.
  • pseudo-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • pseudo-moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
  • psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
  • put on a pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
  • pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
  • radioluminescence — luminescence induced by nuclear radiation.
  • rattle one's dags — to hurry up
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • rio grande do sul — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
  • russell's paradox — a paradox of set theory in which an object is defined in terms of a class of objects that contains the object being defined, resulting in a logical contradiction.
  • sable island pony — a variety of wild pony found on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
  • sacrificial anode — Chemistry. an anode that is attached to a metal object subject to electrolysis and is decomposed instead of the object.
  • san pedro channel — a strait between the mainland of SW California and Santa Catalina Island. About 20 miles (32 km) wide.
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • school attendance — a measure of the number of children who attend school and the amount of time they are present
  • sea-island cotton — a long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies.
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • second lieutenant — an Army, Air Force, or Marine officer of the lowest commissioned rank. Compare ensign (def 4).
  • secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
  • secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
  • secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
  • self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
  • self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
  • self-dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
  • set on a pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
  • sexual dimorphism — the condition in which the males and females in a species are morphologically different, as with many birds.
  • shetland pullover — a thick woollen sweater made from Shetland wool
  • shetland sheepdog — one of a breed of small sheepdogs resembling a miniature collie, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
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