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17-letter words containing a, m, p, l, i

  • single-name paper — commercial paper bearing only the signature of the maker.
  • sliding vane pump — A sliding vane pump is a pump in which the vanes (=flat parts) are the main sealing element between the suction and discharge areas.
  • sodium-vapor lamp — an electric lamp in which sodium vapor is activated by current passing between two electrodes, producing a yellow, glareless light: used on streets and highways.
  • sparc xterminal 1 — (computer)   Sun's lowest cost networked Unix desktop, it is board-upgradeable to a SPARC 4. It comes with a choice of frame buffers: 8-bit colour, Turbo GX, or Turbo GX plus. This product was expected to replace the SPARCclassic X. UK availability was planned for March 1995.
  • spatial summation — the act or process of summing.
  • special committee — a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.
  • special messenger — a postal worker who delivers mail by special delivery
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • spinal meningitis — infection of spinal membrane
  • stratified sample — a sample that is not drawn at random from the whole population, but separately from a number of disjoint strata of the population in order to ensure a more representative sample
  • stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • super-nationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superalimentation — nourishment; nutrition.
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • supra-nationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • supralapsarianism — the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism).
  • telescopic damper — a device with telescopic parts that reduce vibration in a motor vehicle
  • temple of artemis — the temple at Ephesus dedicated to Artemis.
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • terminal capacity — The terminal capacity is the volume which can be stored in a terminal (= building or area with tanks).
  • terminal operator — A terminal operator is a company that manages a place where oil or petrochemical products are stored.
  • terminal platform — (in the oil industry) an offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline
  • the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
  • thermal pollution — a rise in the temperature of rivers or lakes that is injurious to water-dwelling life and is caused by the disposal of heated industrial waste water or water from the cooling towers of nuclear power plants.
  • thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
  • to eat humble pie — If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
  • traffic policeman — a policeman controlling traffic, esp while stationed at an intersection, or enforcing traffic regulations
  • tropical aquarium — an aquarium designed for the maintenance and breeding of tropical fish and kept at a suitably warm temperature.
  • tropical maritime — a type of warm, wet air mass originating at low latitudes over ocean areas
  • tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics.
  • ultrametamorphism — metamorphism during which the temperature of a rock exceeds its melting point.
  • uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • unipalm group plc — (company)   A company floated in March 1994.
  • unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
  • utopian socialism — (sometimes initial capital letter) an economic system based on the premise that if capital voluntarily surrendered its ownership of the means of production to the state or the workers, unemployment and poverty would be abolished.
  • varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
  • visually impaired — (of a person) having reduced vision so severe as to constitute a handicap.
  • vitamin b complex — an important group of water-soluble vitamins containing vitamin B 1 , vitamin B 2 , etc.
  • walk-in apartment — a ground-floor apartment having a private entrance directly from the street, rather than through a hallway of the building.
  • well-accomplished — completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
  • yield the palm to — to acknowledge the superiority of; admit to defeat by
  • zonal pelargonium — a pelargonium whose leaves are marked with concentric circles of a different colour to the rest of the leaf
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