17-letter words containing d, e, c, n

newcastle disease — a rapidly spreading virus-induced disease of birds and domestic fowl, as chickens, marked by respiratory difficulty, reduced egg production and, in chicks, paralysis.
nichiren buddhism — a doctrine of salvation based on the Lotus Sutra.
ninth commandment — “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor”: ninth of the Ten Commandments.
non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
non-containerized — to package (freight) in uniform, sealed containers for shipment.
non-corresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
non-discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
nuclear deterrent — a country's nuclear weapons viewed as a deterrent to other countries from attacking
nuclear radiation — Physics. radiation in the form of elementary particles emitted by an atomic nucleus, as alpha rays or gamma rays, produced by decay of radioactive substances or by nuclear fission.
nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
object identifier — (programming) (OID) Generally an implementation-specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object.
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.
octadecanoic acid — stearic acid.
old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
old norman french — Norman French (sense 1)
on second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
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.
passive obedience — unquestioning obedience to authority
peaches and cream — If you say that a woman or a girl has a peaches and cream complexion, you mean that she has very clear, smooth, pale skin.
performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
peridot of ceylon — a honey-colored tourmaline, used as a gem: not a true peridot.
periodic function — a function of a real or complex variable that is periodic.
periodic sentence — a sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense, as in Unable to join the others at the dance because of my sprained ankle, I went to a movie.
personal distance — personal space.
phenylacetic acid — a white crystalline, aromatic acid, C 8 H 8 O 2 , used in the manufacture of penicillin and in perfumes.
phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
physical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by means of physical agents, as manipulation, massage, exercise, heat, or water.
physical pendulum — any apparatus consisting of a body of possibly irregular shape allowed to rotate freely about a horizontal axis on which it is pivoted (distinguished from simple pendulum).
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.
polyadenylic acid — a homopolymer of adenylic acid enzymatically added to messenger RNA in eukaryotic cells to inhibit the hydrolytic breakdown of messenger RNA.
post-independence — Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
potassium cyanide — a white, granular, water-soluble, poisonous powder, KCN, having a faint almondlike odor, used chiefly in metallurgy and photography.
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.
prescription drug — medication available only on doctor's instruction
presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
pressurized cabin — the cabin of an aircraft in which the air has been pressurized
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 number — a specialty number or routine, usually performed by the entire cast consisting of musicians, singers, dancers, stars, etc., of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, or the like.
production system — (programming) A production system consists of a collection of productions (rules), a working memory of facts and an algorithm, known as forward chaining, for producing new facts from old. A rule becomes eligible to "fire" when its conditions match some set of elements currently in working memory. A conflict resolution strategy determines which of several eligible rules (the conflict set) fires next. A condition is a list of symbols which represent constants, which must be matched exactly; variables which bind to the thing they match and "<> symbol" which matches a field not equal to symbol. Example production systems are OPS5, CLIPS, flex.
production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
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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