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17-letter words containing c, o, n, t, i, u

  • quattuordecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.
  • quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
  • rational function — a function that can be written as the quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
  • reconstructionism — a 20th-century movement among U.S. Jews, founded by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, advocating that Judaism, being a culture and way of life as well as a religion, is in sum a religious civilization requiring constant adaptation to contemporary conditions so that Jews can identify more readily and meaningfully with the Jewish community.
  • reconstructionist — an advocate or supporter of Reconstruction or Reconstructionism.
  • recreation ground — an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children
  • recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
  • recruiting office — an office where staff are recruited, esp by the military
  • reduce to silence — If someone or something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
  • 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
  • rescue operations — operations or organized procedures to bring people or a person out of danger, attack, harm, etc
  • resurrection fern — a drought-resistant, evergreen, epiphytic fern, Polypodium polypodioides, of subtropical to tropical America, appearing to be a ball of coiled, dead leaves in the dry season but reviving with moisture.
  • reticulate python — a python, Python reticulatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, sometimes growing to a length of 32 feet (10 meters): usually considered to be the largest snake in the world.
  • return of capital — A return of capital is a situation in which you receive back money that was previously invested.
  • return on capital — A return on capital is any earnings that you receive from the capital that you have invested.
  • returning officer — a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.
  • revascularization — the restoration of the blood circulation of an organ or area, achieved by unblocking obstructed or disrupted blood vessels or by surgically implanting replacements.
  • ribonucleoprotein — a substance composed of RNA in close association with protein; a nucleoprotein containing RNA. Abbreviation: RNP.
  • road construction — the building of roads
  • rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
  • roll with a punch — to move in the same direction as a punch thrown at one so as to lessen its force
  • round-trip ticket — a ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his or her destination and back again
  • safety precaution — a precaution that is taken in order to ensure that something is safe and not dangerous
  • sanctimoniousness — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
  • sanctions-busting — the deliberate disregarding of sanctions that are in force against a state, organization, etc
  • sawatch mountains — range of the Rocky Mountains, in central Colo.: highest peak, Elbert
  • scan-in, scan-out — scan design
  • second lieutenant — an Army, Air Force, or Marine officer of the lowest commissioned rank. Compare ensign (def 4).
  • secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
  • self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
  • 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-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • shirt-tail cousin — a distant cousin
  • shouting distance — hailing distance.
  • situations vacant — Situations Vacant is the title of a column or page in a newspaper where jobs are advertised.
  • smoothing circuit — a circuit used to remove ripple from the output of a direct current power supply
  • social accounting — the analysis of the economy by sectors leading to the calculation and publication of economic statistics, such as gross national product and national income
  • socratic elenchus — the drawing out of the consequences of a position in order to show them to be contrary to some accepted position
  • special education — education that is modified or particularized for those with singular needs, as disabled or maladjusted people, slow learners, or gifted children.
  • stand-up comedian — performer: tells jokes
  • standard function — a subprogram provided by a translator that carries out a task, for example the computation of a mathematical function, such as sine, square root, etc
  • stannous chloride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, SnCl 2 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly as a reducing and tinning agent, and as a mordant in dyeing with cochineal.
  • stay of execution — If you are given a stay of execution, you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • stretch limousine — a limousine that has been lengthened to provide extra seating accommodation and more legroom
  • stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
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