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17-letter words containing a, r, i, g

  • restraining order — a judicial order to forbid a particular act until a decision is reached on an application for an injunction.
  • retained earnings — income not paid out as shares
  • retarded ignition — late ignition, which may cause the engine to under-perform
  • revealed religion — religion based chiefly on the revelations of God to humans, especially as described in Scripture.
  • richard arkwright — Sir Richard, 1732–92, English inventor of the spinning jenny.
  • right in the head — sane
  • right off the bat — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
  • right parenthesis — (character)   ")". ASCII character 41. Common names: right paren; right parenthesis; right; close; thesis ("(" = paren); close paren; close parenthesis; right parenthesis; right banana. Rare: already ("(" = so); rparen; ITU-T: closing parenthesis; close round bracket, right round bracket, INTERCAL: wane ("(" = wax); unparenthisey ("(" = parenthisey); right ear. Paired with left parenthesis.
  • right-to-work law — a state law making it illegal to refuse employment to a person for the sole reason that he or she is not a union member.
  • ring-tailed lemur — a Madagascan prosimian primate, Lemur catta, with a long black and white ringed tail
  • rio grande do sul — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
  • rock of gibraltar — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
  • role-playing game — a game in which participants adopt the roles of imaginary characters in an adventure under the direction of a Game Master.
  • salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
  • same-sex marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
  • sandringham house — a residence of the royal family, in Sandringham, a village in E England, in Norfolk near the E shore of the Wash
  • saturation diving — a method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high-pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the pressurized gas mixture that they breathe: when this condition is reached, the amount of time required for decompression remains the same, whether the dive lasts a day, a week, or a month.
  • scarlet lightning — scarlet lychnis.
  • schiff-s--reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • screaming meemies — extreme nervous tension
  • screaming-meemies — extreme nervousness; hysteria (usually preceded by the).
  • second generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
  • second-generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
  • secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
  • secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
  • self-aggrandizing — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
  • self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
  • self-entertaining — affording entertainment; amusing; diverting: We spent an entertaining evening at the theater.
  • self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
  • semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
  • senior management — the most senior staff of an organization or business, including the heads of various divisions or departments led by the chief executive
  • separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
  • separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
  • sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
  • shipping articles — articles of agreement.
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
  • significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
  • similar triangles — triangles that are similar due to the equality of corresponding angles and the proportional similarity of the corresponding sides
  • single-name paper — commercial paper bearing only the signature of the maker.
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • six-speed gearbox — a gearbox containing a system of six gears
  • sleeping quarters — the rooms where people sleep in a large building or complex or on a boat etc
  • slings and arrows — Slings and arrows are unpleasant things that happen to you and that are not your fault.
  • smarandache logic — neutrosophic logic
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • social notworking — the practice of spending time unproductively on social networking websites, esp when one should be working
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
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