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17-letter words containing d, p, e

  • split one's sides — to laugh very heartily
  • spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
  • spotted sandpiper — a North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, that has brownish-gray upper parts and white underparts, and is spotted with black in the summer.
  • spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
  • springfield rifle — a single-shot, breechloading .45-caliber rifle used by the U.S. Army from 1867 to 1893.
  • spruce gall aphid — any of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid) and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid) that feed and form galls on conifers.
  • stand-up comedian — performer: tells jokes
  • standing expenses — fixed or flat expenses or charges
  • stars and stripes — US national flag
  • stratified sample — a sample that is not drawn at random from the whole population, but separately from a number of disjoint strata of the population in order to ensure a more representative sample
  • striped killifish — a killifish, Fundulus majalis, of the Atlantic coast of the U.S., the female of which is marked with black stripes.
  • sulfurated potash — a yellowish-brown mixture consisting mainly of potassium polysulfides and potassium thiosulfate, used in treating mange.
  • sunday supplement — a special section incorporated in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, often containing features on books, celebrities, home entertainment, gardening, and the like.
  • superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
  • superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
  • supervision order — an order by a juvenile court requiring a named probation officer or local-authority social worker to advise, assist, and befriend a child or young person who is the subject of care proceedings, over a period of up to three years
  • supervisory board — a board of management of which nonmanagerial workers are members, having supervisory powers over some aspects of management decision-making
  • supply and demand — economy: basic market theory
  • supreme commander — the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.
  • suspension bridge — a bridge having a deck suspended from cables anchored at their extremities and usually raised on towers.
  • synchronous speed — the speed at which an alternating-current machine must operate to generate electromotive force at a given frequency.
  • take in good part — to respond to (teasing) with good humour
  • take second place — If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
  • telescopic damper — a device with telescopic parts that reduce vibration in a motor vehicle
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • terephthalic acid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the para isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and textile fibers.
  • the death penalty — capital punishment
  • the depths of sth — the deepest, most intense, or most severe part
  • the little dipper — a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole
  • the lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
  • the penny dropped — If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something.
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • the underemployed — underemployed people
  • therapeutic index — the ratio between the dosage of a drug that causes a lethal effect and the dosage that causes a therapeutic effect.
  • thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
  • 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.
  • thompson seedless — a yellow, seedless variety of grape used in producing raisins.
  • thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
  • to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
  • to keep your head — If you keep your head, you remain calm in a difficult situation. If you lose your head, you panic or do not remain calm in a difficult situation.
  • 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 play the field — If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
  • tolpuddle martyrs — six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset
  • transdermal patch — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
  • triskaidekaphobia — fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
  • tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics.
  • uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • unprecedentedness — without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
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