17-letter words containing d, a, p, o, n, t

microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
mode of transport — means of travel
modern pentathlon — an athletic contest consisting of five different events: horse riding with jumps, fencing with electric épée, freestyle swimming, pistol shooting, and cross-country running
mom and pop store — a small retail business, typically family-operated
mounted policeman — policemen who patrol on horseback
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
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.
old spanish trail — an overland route from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., first marked out in 1776 by Spanish explorers and missionaries.
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
open-end mortgage — a mortgage agreement against which new sums of money may be borrowed under certain conditions.
parathyroid gland — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
personal distance — personal space.
perth and kinross — a council area of N central Scotland, corresponding mainly to the historical counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire: part of Tayside Region from 1975 until 1996: chiefly mountainous, with agriculture, tourism, and forestry. Administrative centre: Perth. Pop: 135 990 (2003 est). Area: 5321 sq km (2019 sq miles)
photodissociation — the dissociation or breakdown of a chemical compound by radiant energy.
phumiphon aduldet — (Phumiphon Aduldet; Bhumibol Adulyadej) born 1927, king of Thailand since 1946.
pietro da cortona — Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
platinic chloride — chloroplatinic acid.
pocket dictionary — a small portable dictionary
polar coordinates — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
post-and-rail tea — (in the 19th century) a coarse tea in which floating particles resembled a post-and-rail fence
post-depositional — removal from an office or position.
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.
potassium cyanide — a white, granular, water-soluble, poisonous powder, KCN, having a faint almondlike odor, used chiefly in metallurgy and photography.
potential divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
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.
primary dentition — the deciduous dentition
primary education — junior, elementary schooling
private education — education provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
product placement — Product placement is a form of advertising in which a company has its product placed where it can be clearly seen during a film or television programme.
production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
promenade concert — a concert at which some of the audience stand rather than sit
proprietary brand — a brand of product that is privately owned and controlled
prothoracic gland — either of a pair of endocrine glands in the anterior thorax of some insects, functioning to promote the series of molts from hatching to adulthood.
pseudo-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
psychodiagnostics — the study and evaluation of character or personality in terms of behavioral and anatomical traits, as gesture, posture and physiognomy.
psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
put a dampener on — To put a dampener on something means the same as to put a damper on it.
put in a word for — to make favourable mention of (someone); recommend
put on a pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
put one's hand to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
radiation pattern — the graphic representation of the strength and direction of electromagnetic radiation in the vicinity of a transmitting aerial
radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
radio in the loop — Wireless Local Loop
radio-transparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).
rapid prototyping — (programming) The creation of a working model of a software module to demonstrate the feasibility and suitability of the function. The prototype is expected to be replaced or refined before inclusion in the final product. Rapid prototyping contrasts with a DIRFT approach which emphasises careful design and implementation to avoid the overheads of debugging and testing prototype code. Rapid prototyping is appropriate when the requirements are unclear or likely to change (which is most of the time).
rhodope mountains — a mountain range in SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula extending along the border between Bulgaria and Greece. Highest peak: Golyam Perelik (Bulgaria), 2191 m (7188 ft)
rural development — social or economic activities or initiatives designed to improve the standard of living in areas far away from large towns or cities
secondary product — a product that is not the main product of an industry; a by-product

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