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17-letter words containing c, l, i, f, t

  • law of trichotomy — the property that for natural numbers a and b , either a is less than b , a equals b , or a is greater than b .
  • leg before wicket — a manner of dismissal on the grounds that a batsman has been struck on the leg by a bowled ball that otherwise would have hit the wicket
  • liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
  • lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
  • line of induction — (formerly) a line of force in a magnetic field.
  • manufacturability — The condition of being manufacturable.
  • mental deficiency — mental retardation
  • microfilm plotter — a type of incremental plotter that has a film rather than a paper output
  • multiplier effect — the effect of government spending on national income
  • off-site facility — An off-site facility is a facility which is not at the main industrial or commercial site.
  • off-year election — (in the US) an election held in a year when a presidential election does not take place
  • peridot of ceylon — a honey-colored tourmaline, used as a gem: not a true peridot.
  • petrol filler cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
  • political refugee — a person who has fled from a homeland because of political persecution.
  • pre-qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • prefect apostolic — the administrator, usually below the rank of bishop, in charge of a prefecture apostolic.
  • procurator fiscal — In the Scottish legal system, the procurator fiscal is a public official who puts people on trial.
  • profile component — attainment targets in different subjects brought together for the general assessment of a pupil
  • publicity officer — a person who is employed to get publicity for an organization, or to provide information about it
  • quadratic formula — the formula for determining theroots of a quadratic equation from its coefficients: .
  • rational function — a function that can be written as the quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
  • reduction formula — a formula, such as sin (90° ± A) = cos A, expressing the values of a trigonometric function of any angle greater than 90° in terms of a function of an acute angle
  • reflection nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that reflects the light of neighboring stars.
  • refuse collection — the collection of rubbish and waste, usually in a rubbish or refuse truck, before final disposal
  • return of capital — A return of capital is a situation in which you receive back money that was previously invested.
  • 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).
  • scarlet firethorn — a Eurasian evergreen, thorny shrub, Pyracantha coccinea, of the rose family, having white, hairy flower clusters and bright red berries.
  • self-appreciation — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
  • self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
  • self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
  • self-conditioning — Also called operant conditioning, instrumental conditioning. a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress.
  • self-confirmation — the act of confirming.
  • self-consecration — the act of setting oneself to a task or vocation without ordination by others or by a religious body.
  • self-conservation — the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights.
  • self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
  • self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
  • self-dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
  • self-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
  • self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
  • self-introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
  • self-purification — a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
  • self-recollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • self-satisfaction — a usually smug satisfaction with oneself, one's achievements, etc.
  • silicon rectifier — a rectifier consisting of a semiconductor diode using crystalline silicon
  • silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
  • simplicity itself — If you say that something is simplicity itself, you are emphasizing that it is very simple or easy.
  • softvelocity inc. — (company)   The distributors of the Clarion family of application development systems.
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
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