17-letter words containing b, a, n, g, l, e
- high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
- inalienable right — right that cannot be taken away
- indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
- indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
- intangible assets — intellectual property, etc.
- knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
- learned borrowing — a word or other linguistic form borrowed from a classical language into a modern language.
- learning-disabled — pertaining to or having a learning disability: a learning-disabled child.
- lebesgue integral — an integral obtained by application of the theory of measure and more general than the Riemann integral.
- ligurian republic — the republic in NW Italy set up by Napoleon in 1797, incorporated into France in 1805, and united with the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1814.
- magellan barberry — an evergreen shrub, Berberis buxifolia, of southern Chile, having prickle-tipped leaves, dark-purple fruit, and orange-yellow flowers, rarely flowering in cultivation.
- medulla oblongata — the lowest or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord.
- methemoglobinemia — (medicine) A form of toxic anemia characterized by the presence of methemoglobin in the blood.
- negotiating table — If you say that people are at the negotiating table, you mean that they are having discussions in order to settle a dispute or reach an agreement.
- neurobiologically — In terms of or by means of neurobiology.
- non-biodegradable — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
- oregon crab apple — a shrub or small tree, Malus fusca, of the rose family, of the northwestern coast of North America, having hairy leaves, white flowers, and yellow or green oblong fruit.
- receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
- salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
- symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
- taiping rebellion — a movement of religious mysticism and agrarian unrest in China between 1850 and 1864 which weakened the Manchu dynasty but was eventually suppressed with foreign aid
- telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
- the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
- tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
- undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- universal algebra — (logic) The model theory of first-order equational logic.
- vegetable tanning — the act or process of tanning hide by the infusion of plant extract.
- wang laboratories — (body) Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).