17-letter words containing d, i, t, o, n
- sustentation fund — a fund, esp in the Church of Scotland, to augment the support of ministers
- swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
- take in good part — to respond to (teasing) with good humour
- take into custody — to arrest
- teacher education — training to become a teacher, usually at an institution of higher education
- temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
- 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— the original 13 states of the United States of America constituted under the Articles of Confederation and superseded by the more formal union established in 1789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 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.
- thermal radiation — electromagnetic radiation emitted by all matter above a temperature of absolute zero because of the thermal motion of atomic particles.
- thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
- third commandment — “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain”: third of the Ten Commandments.
- three-dimensional — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
- to have a mind to — If you have a mind to do something, you want, intend, or choose to do it.
- to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
- to open your mind — If something opens your mind to new ideas or experiences, it makes you more willing to accept them or try them.
- to read sb's mind — If you can read someone's mind, you know what they are thinking without them saying anything.
- to slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget it.
- to the bitter end — If you say that you will continue doing something to the bitter end, especially something difficult or unpleasant, you are emphasizing that you will continue doing it until it is completely finished.
- to win hands down — If you win hands down, you win very easily.
- trade association — an association of people or companies in a particular business or trade, organized to promote their common interests.
- traditional logic — formal logic based on syllogistic formulas, especially as developed by Aristotle.
- traffic diversion — a special route arranged for traffic to follow when the normal route cannot be used
- trapdoor function — a function defined from data by means of a mathematical procedure in such a way that it is easy to obtain the function when the data are known, but when the procedure and data are not known it becomes very difficult to determine the original data: used in cryptography, where the data are the characters of the plain text, or message, and the trapdoor function is the cryptogram.
- tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
- trobriand islands — a group of coral islands in the Solomon Sea, north of the E part of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. Area: about 440 sq km (170 sq miles)
- tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics.
- tungsten trioxide — a heavy, canary-yellow, water-insoluble powder, WO 3 , used in the manufacture of tungstates.
- turbinado (sugar) — a partially refined, granulated, pale-brown sugar obtained by washing raw sugar in a centrifuge until most of the molasses is removed
- turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
- under the sign of — during that portion of the year when the sun is passing through and thus subject to the influence of (a specified sign of the zodiac)
- undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- vibrofluidization — Vibrofluidization is when vibration is used to make particles move in a fluidized bed.
- visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
- voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
- waiting for godot — a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett.
- washington island — an island off the Door Peninsula, NE Wisconsin, in NW Lake Michigan. 20 sq. mi. (50 sq. km).
- wedding reception — party after a marriage
- well-proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
- white-winged dove — a common dove, Zenaida asiatica, of the southwestern U.S. to Chile.
- wide area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
- wide-area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
- wind chill factor — A wind chill factor is a measure of the cooling effect of the wind on the temperature of the air.
- wind-chill factor — the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
- wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
- world without end — for ever
- x-ray diffraction — diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
- your day in court — Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.