17-letter words containing f, e, n, g, t, i
- recruiting office — an office where staff are recruited, esp by the military
- repeating firearm — a firearm capable of discharging a number of shots without reloading.
- returning officer — a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.
- schiff-s--reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- self-conditioning — Also called operant conditioning, instrumental conditioning. a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress.
- self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
- self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
- self-entertaining — affording entertainment; amusing; diverting: We spent an entertaining evening at the theater.
- self-flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- self-interpreting — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
- separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
- 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.
- significance test — (in hypothesis testing) a test of whether the alternative hypothesis achieves the predetermined significance level in order to be accepted in preference to the null hypothesis
- significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
- single-sheet feed — a mechanism for feeding or taking single sheets of paper into a printer
- software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- south frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- spaghettification — the theoretical stretching of an object as it encounters extreme differences in gravitational forces, especially those associated with a black hole.
- teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
- the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
- thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
- trifoliate orange — a spiny, Chinese orange tree, Poncirus trifoliata, used as a stock in grafting and for hedges.
- 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)
- 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.