17-letter words containing e, c, o, r, g
- performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
- phantom pregnancy — the occurrence of signs of pregnancy, such as enlarged abdomen and absence of menstruation, when no embryo is present, due to hormonal imbalance
- phonological rule — an operation in generative phonology that substitutes one sound or class of sounds for another in a phonological derivation.
- political refugee — a person who has fled from a homeland because of political persecution.
- pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- precision bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
- precision casting — investment casting.
- predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
- prerogative court — a former ecclesiastical court in England and Ireland for the trial of certain testamentary cases.
- prescription drug — medication available only on doctor's instruction
- presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
- proficiency badge — an insignia or device granted by the Girl Scouts and worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
- programmed camera — a camera with electronic facilities for setting both aperture and shutter speed automatically on the basis of a through-the-lens light value and a given film speed
- proof of coverage — A policyholder's proof of coverage is a document from an insurer stating that they have insurance coverage.
- propelling pencil — a pencil consisting of a metal or plastic case containing a replaceable lead. As the point is worn away the lead can be extended, usually by turning part of the case
- pterygoid process — either of two long bony plates extending downwards from each side of the sphenoid bone within the skull
- pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
- pythagorean scale — the major scale as derived acoustically by Pythagoras from the perfect fifth.
- receding forehead — a forehead which slopes backwards
- recording session — a period of time devoted to recording music in a studio
- recreation ground — an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children
- recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
- recruiting office — an office where staff are recruited, esp by the military
- registered office — official business address
- registered stocks — stocks officially registered to the name of the owner
- repertory catalog — a catalog containing bibliographic records that indicate locations of materials in more than one library or in several units of one library.
- returning officer — a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.
- rocket technology — the technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets
- row-level locking — (database) A technique used in database management systems, where a row is locked for writing to prevent other users from accessing data being while it is being updated. Other techniques are table locking and MVCC.
- saxe-coburg-gotha — a member of the present British royal family, from the establishment of the house in 1901 until 1917 when the family name was changed to Windsor.
- schizophrenogenic — causative of schizophrenia.
- sea grant college — a college or university doing research on marine resources under the U.S. National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966.
- second generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- second-generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
- secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
- secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
- semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
- shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
- shopping precinct — pedestrian area with shops
- sign of the cross — a movement of the hand to indicate a cross, as from forehead to breast and left shoulder to right or, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from right shoulder to left.
- significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
- single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
- smarandache logic — neutrosophic logic
- social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
- soft-rock geology — geology dealing with sedimentary rocks.
- solicitor general — a law officer who maintains the rights of the state in suits affecting the public interest, next in rank to the attorney general.
- sound spectrogram — a graphic representation, produced by a sound spectrograph, of the frequency, intensity, duration, and variation with time of the resonance of a sound or series of sounds.