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17-letter words containing d, a, n, g

  • madiba generation — the generation born around 1994, when Nelson Mandela became the first president of a multiracial South Africa
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • magnetic meridian — a line on the earth's surface, passing in the direction of the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field.
  • managing director — manager who oversees a project
  • manganese dioxide — a blackish, crystalline or powdery substance, MnO2, that is a strong oxidizing agent, used in making batteries, matches, etc.
  • many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
  • marais des cygnes — a river in E central Kansas and W Missouri, flowing SE to the Osage River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
  • marriage guidance — counselling for married couples
  • mechanical digger — a machine used for excavation
  • medulla oblongata — the lowest or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord.
  • metatungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2W4O13
  • mid-oceanic ridge — the continuous, double-ridged chain of mountains on the ocean floor, extending through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and into the Indian and Pacific oceans
  • middle low german — Low German of the period c1100–c1500.
  • middle management — the middle echelon of administration in business and industry.
  • midmorning prayer — the third of the seven canonical hours; terce
  • midsagittal plane — a plane passing through the nasion when the skull is oriented in the Frankfurt horizontal.
  • mileage indicator — a device on a vehicle such as a car, plane, etc which indicates the number of miles travelled
  • misunderstandings — Plural form of misunderstanding.
  • modeling language — modelling language
  • monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
  • mundane astrology — the astrology of worldly events, in contrast to the astrology of the individual: used especially in interpretations and forecasts involving politics, the stock market, weather, and disasters.
  • naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
  • negative feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
  • neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
  • new england aster — a tall composite plant, Aster novae-angliae, of the northeastern U.S., the flowers of which have lavender to deep-purple rays.
  • new england range — a plateau in New South Wales in SE Australia, in the Great Dividing Range, rising to 5000 feet (1524 meters).
  • new guinea pidgin — the variety of Neo-Melanesian spoken in Papua New Guinea and neighbouring islands
  • niger-kordofanian — a language family comprising Niger-Congo and Kordofanian.
  • nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
  • non-biodegradable — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
  • nondiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
  • on a razor's edge — in an acute dilemma
  • open-end mortgage — a mortgage agreement against which new sums of money may be borrowed under certain conditions.
  • organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
  • organized militia — a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.
  • overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • painted greenling — a greenling, Oxylebius pictus, inhabiting the Pacific coastal waters of North America, having a whitish body marked with black bands.
  • paradise regained — an epic poem (1671) by John Milton.
  • parathyroid gland — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
  • paratungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H10W12O14
  • parking attendant — a person who works for a traffic control agency and who issues tickets for parking violations
  • performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
  • pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  • plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
  • postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
  • predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
  • prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
  • pressure gradient — the change of pressure per unit distance
  • proficiency badge — an insignia or device granted by the Girl Scouts and worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
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