17-letter words containing d, e, f, i, c, n
- hall of residence — Halls of residence are buildings with rooms or flats, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the term.
- i can't be fagged — I can't be bothered
- identity function — identity (def 9d).
- induction furnace — a type of electric furnace used for melting a charge of scrap by the heat produced by its own electrical resistance.
- influence peddler — a person who arranges to obtain favors, as government contracts, from high officials on behalf of others for a fee.
- interference drag — the drag on an aircraft caused by the interaction of two aerodynamic bodies.
- line of induction — (formerly) a line of force in a magnetic field.
- make a difference — have a significant impact
- mare fecunditatis — (Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).
- memoised function — memo function
- memoized function — memo function
- mental deficiency — mental retardation
- mexican stand-off — A Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first.
- misidentification — to identify incorrectly.
- 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.
- object identifier — (programming) (OID) Generally an implementation-specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object.
- 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.
- phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
- pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
- presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
- proficiency badge — an insignia or device granted by the Girl Scouts and worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
- pseudo-scientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- receding forehead — a forehead which slopes backwards
- reduction formula — a formula, such as sin (90° ± A) = cos A, expressing the values of a trigonometric function of any angle greater than 90° in terms of a function of an acute angle
- road-fund licence — a licence showing that the tax payable in respect of a motor vehicle has been paid
- sacrificial anode — Chemistry. an anode that is attached to a metal object subject to electrolysis and is decomposed instead of the object.
- scientific method — a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.
- self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
- self-conditioning — Also called operant conditioning, instrumental conditioning. a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress.
- self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
- self-dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
- self-introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
- 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
- traffic diversion — a special route arranged for traffic to follow when the normal route cannot be used
- unclassified road — a road that has not been given a grade because it is of a basic standard
- videoconferencing — the holding of videoconferences.
- with a difference — If you describe a job or holiday, for example, as a job with a difference or a holiday with a difference, you mean that the job or holiday is very interesting and unusual.
- zone of avoidance — the area of the sky in the plane of the Milky Way where interstellar dust obscures visible light so that no distant galaxies can be observed.