17-letter words containing d, e, t, o, r, i
- graduated pension — the money that an employee receives after retirement if they have paid into the graduated pension scheme
- grignard reaction — the reaction of a Grignard reagent with any of the numerous types of compounds with which it can combine, as alcohols, acids, aldehydes, ketones, or esters: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- grooved fricative — a fricative, as (s), in which air is channeled through a groove along the center of the tongue.
- ground connection — the conductor used to establish a ground.
- haemorrhoidectomy — surgical removal of haemorrhoids
- hairy-tailed mole — a blackish North American mole, Parascalops breweri, having a short, hairy tail.
- head of the river — any of various annual rowing regattas held on particular rivers
- hermaphrodite rig — jackass rig.
- historical method — the process of establishing general facts and principles through attention to chronology and to the evolution or historical course of what is being studied.
- hit over the head — to strike on the head
- holding operation — a plan or procedure devised to prolong the existing situation
- homeland security — national defence
- hornblende schist — a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.
- hotel limo driver — A hotel limo driver is the person whose job it is to drive the hotel limo.
- hydroelectrically — Using hydroelectric power.
- hydrotherapeutics — hydrotherapy.
- hydroxytryptamine — (organic compound) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin).
- icositetrahedrons — Plural form of icositetrahedron.
- ideogrammatically — In terms of, or by means of, ideograms.
- immediate version — child version
- in the background — behind the focus of attention
- in/into disrepair — If something is in disrepair or is in a state of disrepair, it is broken or in bad condition.
- in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
- inconsiderateness — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- incubation period — the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.
- indecent exposure — the intentional exposure of one's body's privates in a manner that gives offense against accepted or prescribed behavior.
- indian rope-trick — the supposed Indian feat of climbing an unsupported rope
- indicator species — See at indicator (def 6).
- indirect question — An indirect question is the same as a reported question.
- indirect taxation — duty paid on goods or services
- induction furnace — a type of electric furnace used for melting a charge of scrap by the heat produced by its own electrical resistance.
- integrated course — a course that covers several subjects
- integrated optics — an assembly of miniature optical elements of a size comparable to those used in electronic integrated circuits.
- integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
- interactive video — a computer-optical disk system that displays still or moving video images as determined by computer program and user needs
- intercommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of intercommunicate.
- interior designer — a person whose profession is the execution of interior design.
- interior drainage — a drainage system whose waters do not continue to the ocean either on the surface or underground, but evaporate within the land area.
- intermediate host — the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
- internationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internationalize.
- internet provider — Internet Service Provider
- into/in overdrive — If you go into overdrive, you begin to work very hard or perform a particular activity in a very intense way.
- inverted snobbery — the attitude of an inverted snob
- irreproducibility — The quality of not being reproducible.
- it doesn't matter — You say 'it doesn't matter' to tell someone who is apologizing to you that you are not angry or upset, and that they should not worry.
- italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
- job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
- job-order costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
- juazeiro do norte — a city in Bahia state, NE Brazil.
- judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.