17-letter words containing d, i, m, e, n

nial systems ltd. — Distributors of Q'NIAL. Address: Ottawa Canada. Telephone: Canada (613) 234 4188.
nichiren buddhism — a doctrine of salvation based on the Lotus Sutra.
nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
ninth commandment — “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor”: ninth of the Ten Commandments.
non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
nondenominational — of or relating to a denomination or denominations.
noun pre-modifier — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
on someone's mind — occupying someone's thoughts
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
organized militia — a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.
out of one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
overdetermination — the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.
oyer and terminer — (in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts.
phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
phumiphon aduldet — (Phumiphon Aduldet; Bhumibol Adulyadej) born 1927, king of Thailand since 1946.
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).
police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
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.
premiere danseuse — the leading female dancer in a ballet company.
primary dentition — the deciduous dentition
primary education — junior, elementary schooling
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.
pseudo-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
purely and simply — You use purely and simply to emphasize that the thing you are mentioning is the only thing involved.
radiant emittance — radiant flux emitted per unit area.
radioluminescence — luminescence induced by nuclear radiation.
recurring decimal — Mathematics. repeating decimal.
redemption center — a commercial establishment at which trading stamps of a specific brand may be exchanged for merchandise.
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
reformed spelling — a revised orthography intended to simplify the spelling of English words, especially to eliminate unpronounced letters, as by substituting thru for through, tho for though, slo for slow, etc.
reiter's syndrome — a disease of unknown cause, occurring primarily in adult males, marked by urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis.
remittance advice — a letter sent by a customer to a supplier, to let them know that their invoice has been paid
repeating decimal — a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 …. or 23.0218181818 ….
rhodope mountains — a mountain range in SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula extending along the border between Bulgaria and Greece. Highest peak: Golyam Perelik (Bulgaria), 2191 m (7188 ft)
ring-tailed lemur — a Madagascan prosimian primate, Lemur catta, with a long black and white ringed tail
rubberman disease — Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
sandringham house — a residence of the royal family, in Sandringham, a village in E England, in Norfolk near the E shore of the Wash
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.
second-in-command — A second-in-command is someone who is next in rank to the leader of a group, and who has authority to give orders when the leader is not there.
self-administered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
set one's mind on — to be determined on or determinedly desirous of
sidewall sampling — Sidewall sampling is the process of taking a sample from the wall of the borehole.

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