17-letter words containing a, p, i, s, h, n
- shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
- shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
- spaghettification — the theoretical stretching of an object as it encounters extreme differences in gravitational forces, especially those associated with a black hole.
- spanish civil war — the civil war in Spain 1936–39.
- spanish influenza — the pandemic respiratory infection that spread throughout the world during 1917–18.
- special schooling — the system of educating children with special needs in schools designed to meet their needs
- spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
- spinal anesthesia — interruption of conduction of nerve impulses by the injection of an anesthetic into the spinal canal that reduces sensitivity to pain without loss of consciousness.
- spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
- spiritual healing — faith healing
- spit in the ocean — a variety of poker in which four cards are dealt face down to each player and one card, forming the fifth for all hands, is dealt face up in the center of the table, the exposed card and others of its denomination being wild cards.
- spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
- steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
- stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
- support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
- teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
- technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- the mississippian — the Mississippian period or rock system equivalent to the lower Carboniferous of Europe
- the night's a pup — it's early yet
- the past anterior — a French tense: the pluperfect
- the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
- thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
- 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.
- this can't happen — can't happen
- unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
- up/raise the ante — If you up the ante or raise the ante, you increase your demands when you are in dispute or fighting for something.
- vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
- ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
- washing-up liquid — Washing-up liquid is a thick soapy liquid which you add to hot water to clean dirty dishes.