17-letter words containing d, a, c, t, y, l
- mental deficiency — mental retardation
- methylacetic acid — propionic acid.
- militant tendency — (in Britain) a Trotskyist group formerly operating within the Labour Party
- multidisciplinary — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
- new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
- occipital condyle — a protrusion on the occipital bone of the skull that forms a joint with the first cervical vertebra, enabling the head to move relative to the neck.
- online dictionary — a dictionary that is available on the Internet or World Wide Web and accessed through a Web browser using a computer or a mobile device, primarily by typing a query term into a search box on the site. Online dictionaries like Dictionary.com offer immediate, direct access through large databases to a word's spelling and meanings, plus a host of ancillary information, including its variant spellings, pronunciation, inflected forms, origin, and derived forms, as well as supplementary notes on matters of interest or concern about how the word is used: Some people think online dictionaries will make print dictionaries obsolete.
- phenylacetic acid — a white crystalline, aromatic acid, C 8 H 8 O 2 , used in the manufacture of penicillin and in perfumes.
- plastics industry — the industry that makes plastics
- product liability — the responsibility of a manufacturer for injury or loss caused by its product.
- psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
- regulated tenancy — (in Britain) the letting of a dwelling by a nonresident private landlord, usually at a registered fair rent, from which the landlord cannot evict the tenant without a possession order from a court
- scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
- secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
- shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
- shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
- sodium salicylate — a white, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 NaO 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and glycerol: used in medicine as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory, and as a preservative.