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17-letter words containing c, i, r, l, p

  • simple microscope — a microscope having a single lens.
  • social enterprise — a business organization that works to benefit society as a whole
  • spanish civil war — the civil war in Spain 1936–39.
  • 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.
  • spastic paralysis — a condition in which the muscles affected are marked by tonic spasm and increased tendon reflexes.
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • special messenger — a postal worker who delivers mail by special delivery
  • special privilege — exclusive advantage
  • spectroheliograph — an apparatus for making photographs of the sun with a monochromatic light to show the details of the sun's surface and surroundings as they would appear if the sun emitted only that light.
  • spectrohelioscope — a spectroheliograph.
  • spectroscopically — an optical device for producing and observing a spectrum of light or radiation from any source, consisting essentially of a slit through which the radiation passes, a collimating lens, and an Amici prism.
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
  • sports facilities — places and things for doing sports
  • spruce gall aphid — any of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid) and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid) that feed and form galls on conifers.
  • stenothermophilic — growing best within a narrow temperature range.
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • tactile corpuscle — an oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers and toes, and functioning as a touch receptor.
  • 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.
  • telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
  • telescopic damper — a device with telescopic parts that reduce vibration in a motor vehicle
  • terephthalic acid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the para isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and textile fibers.
  • terminal capacity — The terminal capacity is the volume which can be stored in a terminal (= building or area with tanks).
  • the olympic torch — a torch 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
  • to lick your lips — If you lick your lips, you move your tongue across your lips as you think about or taste something pleasant.
  • topological group — a set that is a group and a topological space and for which the group operation and the map of an element to its inverse are continuous functions.
  • 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.
  • twelve patriarchs — any of the sons of Jacob ((the twelve patriarchs),) from whom the tribes of Israel were descended.
  • uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • unipalm group plc — (company)   A company floated in March 1994.
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • upper paleolithic — See under Paleolithic.
  • varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
  • vertical planning — the planning of education delivered in schools discussed between teachers of different classes or grades
  • vice-presidential — relating to a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic
  • vulcan death grip — (jargon)   A variant of Vulcan nerve pinch derived from a Star Trek classic epsisode where a non-existant "Vulcan death grip" was used to fool Romulans that Spock had killed Kirk.
  • wage-price spiral — a situation in which wage and price increases drive each other upward and cause inflation
  • zoogeographically — In a zoogeographical way.
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