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17-letter words containing e, f, t, n

  • tell your fortune — When someone tells your fortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand.
  • terminal platform — (in the oil industry) an offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline
  • tetrafluoroethene — a dense colourless gas that is polymerized to make polytetrafluorethene (PTFE). Formula: F2C:CF2
  • the age of reason — the 18th century in W Europe
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • 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— the original 13 states of the United States of America constituted under the Articles of Confederation and superseded by the more formal union established in 1789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 faint-hearted — people of a nervous disposition
  • the fall (of man) — Adam's sin of yielding to temptation in eating the forbidden fruit, and his subsequent loss of grace
  • the final curtain — the closing of the curtain at the end of the action of a play
  • the final whistle — a blast on a referee's whistle to indicate that a game is over
  • the first line of — If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem.
  • the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
  • the life sciences — sciences such as biology, botany, physiology, zoology which are concerned with the study of living organisms
  • the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
  • the perfect tense — the tense of a verb that indicates that the action has been completed
  • the rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • the sound of mull — the water that separates the island of Mull from the mainland of Scotland
  • the tet offensive — an offensive launched in January–February 1968 by the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong. Coinciding with the first day of the Tet, it was a surprise attack on South Vietnamese cities, including Saigon
  • theory of numbers — number theory.
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • think in terms of — If you say that you are thinking in terms of doing a particular thing, you mean that you are considering it.
  • thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
  • to fan the flames — If someone or something fans the flames of a situation or feeling, usually a bad one, they make it more intense or extreme in some way.
  • to know full well — If you say that a person knows full well that something is true, especially something unpleasant, you are emphasizing that they are definitely aware of it, although they may behave as if they are not.
  • tower of strength — a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
  • traffic diversion — a special route arranged for traffic to follow when the normal route cannot be used
  • traffic policeman — a policeman controlling traffic, esp while stationed at an intersection, or enforcing traffic regulations
  • transfer function — The transfer function of a circuit is the ratio of the response to the input.
  • transferable vote — a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot
  • tree of knowledge — the tree whose fruit Adam and Eve tasted in disobedience of God: Gen. 2, 3
  • trifoliate orange — a spiny, Chinese orange tree, Poncirus trifoliata, used as a stock in grafting and for hedges.
  • turn of the screw — a short novel (1898) by Henry James.
  • twelfth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1804, providing for election of the president and vice president by the electoral college: should there be no majority vote for one person, the House of Representatives (one vote per state) chooses the president and the Senate the vice president.
  • twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four hours — the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; a whole day
  • twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • tyrant flycatcher — flycatcher (def 2).
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • 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)
  • unity of interest — the equal interest in property held by joint tenants
  • unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
  • velocity of money — the frequency with which a single unit of currency or the total money supply turns over within the economy in a given year.
  • ventilation shaft — a shaft in a mine, tunnel, or building used for providing ventilation or fresh air
  • wage differential — the difference in wages between workers with different skills in the same industry or between those with comparable skills in different industries or localities
  • wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
  • wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
  • with a difference — If you describe a job or holiday, for example, as a job with a difference or a holiday with a difference, you mean that the job or holiday is very interesting and unusual.
  • woman of the hour — a woman honored by a group.
  • writ of execution — a writ ordering that a judgment be enforced
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