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17-letter words containing f, r, o, n, t, m

  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • laplace transform — a map of a function, as a signal, defined especially for positive real values, as time greater than zero, into another domain where the function is represented as a sum of exponentials.
  • life imprisonment — long-term prison sentence
  • magnetizing force — that part of the magnetic induction that is determined at any point in space by the current density and displacement current at that point independently of the magnetic or other physical properties of the surrounding medium. Symbol: H.
  • make reference to — mention, allude to
  • man enough to/for — If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
  • manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
  • margaret of anjou — 1430–82, queen of Henry VI of England.
  • master of science — a master's degree given usually in a specific branch of the natural sciences, mathematics, or technology.
  • matter of opinion — a point open to question; a debatable statement
  • merchant of death — a company, nation, or person that sells military arms on the international market, usually to the highest bidder and without scruple or regard for political ramifications.
  • metallofullerenes — Plural form of metallofullerene.
  • microsoft network — The Microsoft Network
  • microsoft windows — (operating system)   Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. The 1996 market share of operating systems was: DOS/Windows 70% Windows 95 15% Windows NT 2% Other 13% Versions include 1985 Windows 1, 1987 Windows 2, 1987 Windows/386, 1990 Windows 3.0, 1992 Windows 3.1, 1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.1, 1993 Windows 3.11, 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.11, 1993 Windows NT 3.1, 1994 Windows NT 3.5, 1995 Windows 95, 199? Windows NT 4, 1998 Windows 98, Windows NT 5, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8.
  • minister of state — (in the British Parliament) a minister, usually below cabinet rank, appointed to assist a senior minister with heavy responsibilities
  • mode of transport — means of travel
  • moment of inertia — the sum of the products of the mass and the square of the perpendicular distance to the axis of rotation of each particle in a body rotating about an axis.
  • monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
  • money-market fund — a mutual fund that invests in the money market.
  • month after month — every month
  • mother of vinegar — mother2 .
  • motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
  • mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
  • munitions factory — a factory where munitions are made
  • neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
  • non-profit-making — A non-profit-making organization or charity is not run with the intention of making a profit.
  • non-reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
  • noninertial frame — a frame of reference that moves with the object, so that the moving object appears to violate Newton's laws of motion since it accelerates despite having no horizontal forces on it.
  • on the home front — domestically
  • one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
  • organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
  • palette of narmer — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
  • portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
  • pre-manifestation — an act of manifesting.
  • pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
  • profile component — attainment targets in different subjects brought together for the general assessment of a pupil
  • reduction formula — a formula, such as sin (90° ± A) = cos A, expressing the values of a trigonometric function of any angle greater than 90° in terms of a function of an acute angle
  • saint elmo's fire — corona discharge.
  • self-confirmation — the act of confirming.
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • terminal platform — (in the oil industry) an offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline
  • the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
  • 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.
  • traffic policeman — a policeman controlling traffic, esp while stationed at an intersection, or enforcing traffic regulations
  • transformationist — transformist.
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • unconformity trap — An unconformity trap is a hydrocarbon trap where the closure is made by an unconformity (= a formation of rock layers which represents a gap in the geological record).
  • uniformitarianism — supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
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