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17-letter words containing d, i, s, m

  • absolute humidity — the humidity of the atmosphere, usually expressed as the number of grams of water contained in 1 cubic metre of air
  • accommodationists — Plural form of accommodationist.
  • accommodativeness — The state or quality of being accommodative.
  • administratorship — a person who manages or has a talent for managing.
  • admiralty islands — a group of about 40 volcanic and coral islands in the SW Pacific, part of Papua New Guinea, in the Bismarck Archipelago: main island: Manus. Pop (whole province): 43 589 (2000). Area: about 2000 sq km (800 sq miles)
  • adventure tourism — tourism involving activities that are physically challenging
  • amateur dramatics — theatrical performances by amateur players
  • ambrette-seed oil — a yellow oil expressed from ambrette seeds, used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
  • american dialects — regional or social varieties of spoken American English identified by differences in grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation: principal dialect areas are now generally distinguished as Northern, Midland, and Southern
  • american redstart — any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
  • american wormseed — a plant with seeds used in medicine to treat worm infestation, Chenopodium ambrosioides
  • amoebic dysentery — inflammation of the intestines caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
  • andes (mountains) — mountain system extending the length of W South America: highest peak, Aconcagua
  • angra do heroismo — a port in the Azores, on Terceira Island. Pop: 35 581 (2001)
  • archimedes' screw — an ancient type of water-lifting device making use of a spiral passage in an inclined cylinder. The water is raised when the spiral is rotated
  • assemblies of god — the largest American Pentecostal denomination, formed in 1914 by the merger of various Pentecostal churches and marked by faith healing and speaking in tongues.
  • assembly district — one of a fixed number of districts into which a state is divided, each district electing one member to the lower house of the state legislature.
  • aurea mediocritas — the golden mean.
  • automated testing — (testing)   Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation.
  • barmecide (feast) — a pretended feast with no food
  • beyond comparison — outstanding, without equal
  • bitmapped display — bitmap display
  • board of estimate — a special organ of a municipal government, as of New York City, composed of the mayor, the president of the city council, and the controller, and charged with approving the city's budget and fiscal matters.
  • bricks and mortar — You can use bricks and mortar to refer to houses and other buildings, especially when they are considered as an investment.
  • brzesc nad bugiem — Polish name of Brest Litovsk.
  • carolina moonseed — a twining woody vine, Cocculus carolinus, of the southeastern U.S., having inconspicuous flowers and showy, red fruit.
  • change one's mind — to alter one's decision or opinion
  • chicken drumstick — a chicken leg, considered as food
  • christmas disease — a relatively mild type of haemophilia, caused by lack of a protein (Christmas factor) implicated in the process of blood clotting
  • christmas pudding — Christmas pudding is a special pudding that is eaten at Christmas.
  • clicks and mortar — making use of traditional trading methods in conjunction with internet trading
  • clicks-and-mortar — pertaining to or denoting a company that does business on the Internet and in traditional stores or offices.
  • codlins-and-cream — an onagraceous plant, Epilobium hirsutum, native to Europe and Asia and introduced into North America, having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves
  • colloid chemistry — the study of colloids.
  • come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • comedie francaise — the French national theatre, founded in Paris in 1680
  • commodity markets — stock markets in which commodities are traded
  • compartmentalised — Simple past tense and past participle of compartmentalise.
  • compass deviation — deviation (def 4).
  • compound interest — Compound interest is interest that is calculated both on an original sum of money and on interest which has previously been added to the sum. Compare simple interest.
  • consumer spending — the percentage of an economy that is accounted for by what consumers spend
  • cook island māori — a dialect of Māori spoken in the Cook Islands
  • coordinate system — a system of coordinates that uses numbers to represent a point, line, or the like.
  • d&o insurance — D&O insurance is a personal liability insurance that provides cover to the directors and senior executives of a company.
  • damon and pythias — two friends noted for their mutual loyalty. Damon offered himself as a hostage for Pythias, who was to be executed for treason by Dionysius of Syracuse. When Pythias returned to save his friend's life, he was pardoned
  • data transmission — the act of sending data electronically over a communications network
  • deconstructionism — The belief in, or application of, deconstruction.
  • decriminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of decriminalization.
  • defamiliarisation — (arts) The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.
  • defence mechanism — A defence mechanism is a way of behaving or thinking which is not conscious or deliberate and is an automatic reaction to unpleasant experiences or feelings such as anxiety and fear.

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