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17-letter words containing d, e, f, n, a

  • pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
  • prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
  • proficiency badge — an insignia or device granted by the Girl Scouts and worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
  • 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.
  • san andreas fault — an active strike-slip fault in W United States, extending from San Francisco to S California and forming the on-land portion of the western margin of the North American Plate.
  • sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
  • self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • self-administered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
  • self-aggrandizing — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
  • self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
  • self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
  • self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
  • self-dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
  • semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • sound effects man — a man who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • 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.
  • store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
  • surface condenser — a device condensing steam or vapor by passing it over a cool surface.
  • sustentation fund — a fund, esp in the Church of Scotland, to augment the support of ministers
  • take advantage of — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
  • 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
  • the faint-hearted — people of a nervous disposition
  • the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • traffic diversion — a special route arranged for traffic to follow when the normal route cannot be used
  • twelfth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1804, providing for election of the president and vice president by the electoral college: should there be no majority vote for one person, the House of Representatives (one vote per state) chooses the president and the Senate the vice president.
  • unclassified road — a road that has not been given a grade because it is of a basic standard
  • vanilla-flavoured — having been flavoured with vanilla extract or essence
  • wage differential — the difference in wages between workers with different skills in the same industry or between those with comparable skills in different industries or localities
  • wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
  • 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.
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