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

  • native frangipani — an Australian evergreen tree, Hymenosporum flavum, with large fragrant yellow flowers: family Pittosporaceae
  • negative feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
  • negative transfer — the obstruction of or interference with new learning because of previous learning, as when a U.S. tourist in England learns to drive on the left side of the road.
  • night after night — every night or for many successive nights
  • nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
  • nitrogen fixation — any process of combining atmospheric nitrogen with other elements, either by chemical means or by bacterial action: used chiefly in the preparation of fertilizers, industrial products, etc.
  • nonteaching staff — employees within an academic or vocational environment whose jobs do not involve teaching
  • north frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
  • northern kingfish — a croaker, Menticirrhus saxatilis, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
  • not lift a finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
  • on the right foot — in an auspicious manner
  • on the wrong foot — in an inauspicious manner
  • orange free state — a province in central Republic of South Africa: a Boer republic 1854–1900; a British colony (Orange River Colony, ) 1900–10. 49,647 sq. mi. (128,586 sq. km). Capital: Bloemfontein.
  • organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
  • passenger traffic — number of passengers
  • perforation gauge — a marked ruler used to measure the number of perforations per unit length along the borders of a stamp.
  • pink-footed goose — a Eurasian goose, Anser brachyrhynchus, having a reddish-brown head, pink legs, and a pink band on its black beak
  • plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
  • plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
  • polarizing filter — a camera lens filter used to control the plane of polarization of light entering the lens.
  • portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
  • pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • put the finger on — to inform on or identify, esp for the police
  • 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.
  • sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
  • 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-estrangement — to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of: Their quarrel estranged the two friends.
  • 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.
  • sentence fragment — a phrase or clause written as a sentence but lacking an element, as a subject or verb, that would enable it to function as an independent sentence in normative written English.
  • 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.
  • take advantage of — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • the age of reason — the 18th century in W Europe
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