17-letter words containing e, p, i, s, u, l
- sleeping quarters — the rooms where people sleep in a large building or complex or on a boat etc
- sliding vane pump — A sliding vane pump is a pump in which the vanes (=flat parts) are the main sealing element between the suction and discharge areas.
- spanish influenza — the pandemic respiratory infection that spread throughout the world during 1917–18.
- spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
- special education — education that is modified or particularized for those with singular needs, as disabled or maladjusted people, slow learners, or gifted children.
- spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
- speech difficulty — a problem encountered in speaking
- spiritual bouquet — the spiritual presentation of a good work to another person.
- spiritual healing — faith healing
- 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.
- strike-slip fault — a geological fault on which the movement is along the strike of the fault
- suction lipectomy — the removal of fatty tissue by making a small incision in the skin, loosening the fat layer, and withdrawing it by suction.
- super-nationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
- super-terrestrial — pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets.
- superalimentation — nourishment; nutrition.
- supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
- tactile corpuscle — an oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers and toes, and functioning as a touch receptor.
- technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- 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.
- till eulenspiegel — a legendary German peasant of the 14th century whose practical jokes yielded many stories.
- to little purpose — with little (or no) result or effect; pointlessly
- to lose your grip — If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things.
- ultrametamorphism — metamorphism during which the temperature of a rock exceeds its melting point.
- uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
- ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
- visually impaired — (of a person) having reduced vision so severe as to constitute a handicap.