17-letter words containing e, m, p, y
- superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
- supply and demand — economy: basic market theory
- supply management — business purchasing
- surprise symphony — the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn.
- sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
- temporary account — A temporary account is an account which is closed out at the end of the year.
- terminal capacity — The terminal capacity is the volume which can be stored in a terminal (= building or area with tanks).
- the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
- the olympic torch — a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
- the underemployed — underemployed people
- thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- 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.
- 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
- tympanic membrane — eardrum.
- uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- unemployment line — When people talk about the unemployment line, they are talking about the state of being unemployed, especially when saying how many people are unemployed.
- unemployment rate — percentage of population without jobs
- unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
- visually impaired — (of a person) having reduced vision so severe as to constitute a handicap.
- yield the palm to — to acknowledge the superiority of; admit to defeat by
- zygomatic process — any of several bony processes that articulate with the cheekbone.