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17-letter words containing a, f, r, o, n, t

  • pre-manifestation — an act of manifesting.
  • pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
  • pre-qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • preferential shop — a shop in which union members are preferred, usually by agreement of an employer with a union.
  • probation officer — an officer who investigates and reports on the conduct of offenders who are free on probation.
  • proportional font — a font type in which the width of letters and symbols varies depending on the letter or symbol
  • protection factor — a figure representing the relative degree of protection from the sun's rays afforded by a particular sunscreen
  • put in a word for — to make favourable mention of (someone); recommend
  • rational function — a function that can be written as the quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
  • reduction formula — a formula, such as sin (90° ± A) = cos A, expressing the values of a trigonometric function of any angle greater than 90° in terms of a function of an acute angle
  • reflection nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that reflects the light of neighboring stars.
  • return of capital — A return of capital is a situation in which you receive back money that was previously invested.
  • rotation of crops — a system of rotating in a fixed order the kinds of crops, as grain or grass, grown in the same field, to maintain soil fertility
  • safety precaution — a precaution that is taken in order to ensure that something is safe and not dangerous
  • saint elmo's fire — corona discharge.
  • scarlet firethorn — a Eurasian evergreen, thorny shrub, Pyracantha coccinea, of the rose family, having white, hairy flower clusters and bright red berries.
  • self-appreciation — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
  • self-confirmation — the act of confirming.
  • self-consecration — the act of setting oneself to a task or vocation without ordination by others or by a religious body.
  • self-conservation — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
  • self-presentation — an act of presenting.
  • self-preservation — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
  • self-purification — a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • set one's cap for — a close-fitting covering for the head, usually of soft supple material and having no visor or brim.
  • significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • standard function — a subprogram provided by a translator that carries out a task, for example the computation of a mathematical function, such as sine, square root, etc
  • stannous fluoride — a white, crystalline powder, SnF 2 , slightly soluble in water: used as a source of fluorine in the prevention of dental caries, especially as a toothpaste additive.
  • statutory offense — a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law.
  • store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
  • strait of otranto — a stretch of water between SE Italy and Albania, connecting the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea; of strategic importance during World War I
  • stratford-on-avon — a town in SW Warwickshire, in central England, on the Avon River: birthplace and burial place of Shakespeare.
  • sufficient reason — the principle that nothing happens by pure chance, but that an explanation must always be available
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • terminal platform — (in the oil industry) an offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline
  • tetrafluoroethene — a dense colourless gas that is polymerized to make polytetrafluorethene (PTFE). Formula: F2C:CF2
  • the age of reason — the 18th century in W Europe
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the confederation — the original 13 states of the United States of America constituted under the Articles of Confederation and superseded by the more formal union established in 1789
  • the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
  • the rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
  • traffic diversion — a special route arranged for traffic to follow when the normal route cannot be used
  • traffic policeman — a policeman controlling traffic, esp while stationed at an intersection, or enforcing traffic regulations
  • traffic violation — driving offence
  • transfer function — The transfer function of a circuit is the ratio of the response to the input.
  • transferable vote — a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot
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