17-letter words containing d, y, t, i
- radial keratotomy — a surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness by making a series of spokelike incisions in the cornea to change its shape and focusing properties.
- radiant intensity — a measure of the amount of radiation emitted from a point expressed as the radiant flux per unit solid angle leaving this source
- radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
- radioactive decay — decay (def 8).
- rapid prototyping — (programming) The creation of a working model of a software module to demonstrate the feasibility and suitability of the function. The prototype is expected to be replaced or refined before inclusion in the final product. Rapid prototyping contrasts with a DIRFT approach which emphasises careful design and implementation to avoid the overheads of debugging and testing prototype code. Rapid prototyping is appropriate when the requirements are unclear or likely to change (which is most of the time).
- read-write memory — a type of computer memory that you can write to as well as read from
- ready and waiting — If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting.
- refractory period — a short period after a nerve or muscle cell fires during which the cell cannot respond to additional stimulation.
- reiter's syndrome — a disease of unknown cause, occurring primarily in adult males, marked by urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis.
- relative humidity — the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount that the air could hold at the given temperature; the ratio of the actual water vapor pressure to the saturation vapor pressure. Abbreviation: RH, rh.
- sanitary landfill — landfill.
- secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
- serendipity berry — miracle fruit (def 2).
- shipping industry — the industry concerned with transporting freight, esp by ship
- shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
- sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
- sodium salicylate — a white, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 NaO 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and glycerol: used in medicine as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory, and as a preservative.
- sorolla y bastida — Joaquín [hwah-keen] /ʰwɑˈkin/ (Show IPA), 1863–1923, Spanish painter.
- specific humidity — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor.
- speech difficulty — a problem encountered in speaking
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
- st. crispin's day — October 25: anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (1415).
- st. swithin's day — July 15, superstitiously regarded as a day that, should it rain or be fair, will be followed by 40 consecutive days of like weather.
- statutory holiday — a public holiday; a holiday all workers are entitled to
- stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
- 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.
- take into custody — to arrest
- tay-sachs disease — a rare fatal hereditary disease, occurring chiefly in infants and children, especially of eastern European Jewish origin, characterized by a red spot on the retina, gradual blindness, and paralysis.
- the evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
- thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- 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 play the field — If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
- to slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget it.
- tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
- turbidity current — a turbid, dense current of sediments in suspension moving along the slope and bottom of a lake or ocean.
- understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- university degree — an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
- wade-giles system — a system of Romanization of Chinese, devised by Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818–95) and adapted by Herbert Allen Giles (1845–1935), widely used in representing Chinese words and names in English, especially before the adoption of pinyin.
- with a heavy hand — in a heavy manner; without delicacy or grace
- x-ray diffraction — diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.
- yesterday evening — during the evening of the day preceding today
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
- yield the palm to — to acknowledge the superiority of; admit to defeat by
- yield to maturity — The yield to maturity of a bond is the rate of return on the bond if it is held to its maturity date.
- your day in court — Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.