17-letter words containing a, d, r, e, s, t

martha's vineyard — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. About 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
mean-spiritedness — the quality of being mean-spirited
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).
microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
minas de riotinto — a town in SW Spain: copper mines.
misunderstandable — Capable of being misunderstood.
misunderstandings — Plural form of misunderstanding.
mode of transport — means of travel
mom and pop store — a small retail business, typically family-operated
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.
musical interlude — an interval in a play, event or occasion during which music is played
mustard and cress — Mustard and cress is very young mustard plants and cress plants grown together and eaten in salad.
naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
new england aster — a tall composite plant, Aster novae-angliae, of the northeastern U.S., the flowers of which have lavender to deep-purple rays.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
non-discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
old red sandstone — a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period
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".
outside broadcast — An outside broadcast is a radio or television programme that is not recorded or filmed in a studio, but in another building or in the open air.
overhead camshaft — a camshaft in an automotive engine that is located in the cylinder head over the engine block rather than in the block. Abbreviation: OHC.
partially sighted — unable to see properly so that even with corrective aids normal activities are prevented or seriously hindered
pate de foie gras — See under foie gras.
permanent address — a fixed address
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)
pillar-and-breast — room-and-pillar.
plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
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
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 bromide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBr, having a bitter saline taste: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic papers and plates, in engraving, and in medicine as a sedative.
pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
pressure altitude — the altitude for a given pressure in a standard atmosphere, such as that registered by a pressure altimeter.
pressure gradient — the change of pressure per unit distance
production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
pseudo-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
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.
quadratic residue — a number x that is relatively prime to a given integer y and for which a number z exists whose square gives the same remainder as x when divided by y.
radiant intensity — a measure of the amount of radiation emitted from a point expressed as the radiant flux per unit solid angle leaving this source
radio-transparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).

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