17-letter words containing c, i, n, e, m, r
- throat microphone — a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.
- track maintenance — the process of maintaining and repairing railway tracks
- traffic policeman — a policeman controlling traffic, esp while stationed at an intersection, or enforcing traffic regulations
- transcendentalism — transcendental character, thought, or language.
- triboluminescence — luminescence produced by friction, usually within a crystalline substance.
- trigger mechanism — a physiological or psychological process caused by a stimulus and resulting in a usually severe reaction.
- tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics.
- tympanic membrane — eardrum.
- ultramicrobalance — a balance for weighing precisely, to a hundredth of a microgram or less, minute quantities of material.
- uncircumscribable — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- vacuum extraction — applying suction to a baby's head during birth to help it emerge
- victor emmanuel i — 1759–1824, king of Sardinia 1802–21.
- welfare economics — a branch of economics concerned with improving human welfare and social conditions chiefly through the optimum distribution of wealth, the relief or reduction of unemployment, etc.
- wimshurst machine — a device for the production of electric charge by electrostatic induction, consisting of two oppositely rotating glass or mica disks carrying metal strips upon which charges are induced and subsequently removed by contact with metallic combs.