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17-letter words containing d, e, a, t, r

  • securities dealer — a person who buys and sells securities
  • self-administered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
  • self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
  • semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • shetland pullover — a thick woollen sweater made from Shetland wool
  • shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
  • silver star medal — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded for gallantry in action
  • simulated leather — fake leather that is an imitation of real leather and is usually made from a cheaper material
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • sir arthur harden — Sir Arthur, 1865–1940, English biochemist: Nobel Prize 1929.
  • sleep deprivation — a condition in which you have not had enough sleep
  • slenderness ratio — aspect ratio (def 4a).
  • slenderness-ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the span of an airfoil to its mean chord.
  • social democratic — A social democratic party is a political party whose principles are based on social democracy.
  • sodium bichromate — a red or orange crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and inks, as a corrosion inhibitor, a mordant, a laboratory reagent, in the tanning of leather, and in electroplating.
  • sodium dichromate — a red or orange crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 Cr 2 O 7 ⋅2H 2 O, used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and inks, as a corrosion inhibitor, a mordant, a laboratory reagent, in the tanning of leather, and in electroplating.
  • sodium propionate — a transparent, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 3 H 5 NaO 2 , used in foodstuffs to prevent mold growth, and in medicine as a fungicide.
  • sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
  • sound spectrogram — a graphic representation, produced by a sound spectrograph, of the frequency, intensity, duration, and variation with time of the resonance of a sound or series of sounds.
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • southern rhodesia — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
  • southern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, including the Dodecanese, lying off the SW coast of Turkey
  • spectroradiometer — an instrument for determining the radiant-energy distribution in a spectrum, combining the functions of a spectroscope with those of a radiometer.
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • spotted sandpiper — a North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, that has brownish-gray upper parts and white underparts, and is spotted with black in the summer.
  • square and rabbet — annulet (def 1).
  • stage-door johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
  • stand on ceremony — to insist on or act with excessive formality
  • 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.
  • stannous fluoride — a white, crystalline powder, SnF 2 , slightly soluble in water: used as a source of fluorine in the prevention of dental caries, especially as a toothpaste additive.
  • stars and stripes — US national flag
  • store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
  • strange interlude — a play (1928) by Eugene O'Neill.
  • stratified sample — a sample that is not drawn at random from the whole population, but separately from a number of disjoint strata of the population in order to ensure a more representative sample
  • straw in the wind — If you say that an incident or piece of news is a straw in the wind, you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future.
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • stuttgart disease — an often fatal intestinal disease in dogs, caused by any of several spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
  • subordinated debt — a debt that an unsecured creditor can only claim, in the event of a liquidation, after the claims of secured creditors have been paid
  • sulfurated potash — a yellowish-brown mixture consisting mainly of potassium polysulfides and potassium thiosulfate, used in treating mange.
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • sustained-release — (of a drug or fertilizer) capable of gradual release of an active agent over a period of time, allowing for a sustained effect; timed-release; long-acting; prolonged-action; slow-release.
  • take in good part — to respond to (teasing) with good humour
  • tanenbaum, andrew — Andrew Tanenbaum
  • teacher education — training to become a teacher, usually at an institution of higher education
  • technical drawing — the study and practice, esp as a subject taught in school, of the basic techniques of draughtsmanship, as employed in mechanical drawing, architecture, etc
  • telescopic damper — a device with telescopic parts that reduce vibration in a motor vehicle
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • terephthalic acid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the para isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and textile fibers.
  • the confederation — the original 13 states of the United States of America constituted under the Articles of Confederation and superseded by the more formal union established in 1789
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