17-letter words containing g, c, a
- pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- precision casting — investment casting.
- predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
- prerogative court — a former ecclesiastical court in England and Ireland for the trial of certain testamentary cases.
- proficiency badge — an insignia or device granted by the Girl Scouts and worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
- programmed camera — a camera with electronic facilities for setting both aperture and shutter speed automatically on the basis of a through-the-lens light value and a given film speed
- proof of coverage — A policyholder's proof of coverage is a document from an insurer stating that they have insurance coverage.
- prothoracic gland — either of a pair of endocrine glands in the anterior thorax of some insects, functioning to promote the series of molts from hatching to adulthood.
- pseudepigraphical — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudo-biological — pertaining to biology.
- psychodiagnostics — the study and evaluation of character or personality in terms of behavioral and anatomical traits, as gesture, posture and physiognomy.
- psychographically — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
- pythagorean scale — the major scale as derived acoustically by Pythagoras from the perfect fifth.
- quantum computing — quantum computer
- railroad crossing — place for vehicles to cross train tracks
- receding forehead — a forehead which slopes backwards
- receding hairline — hair that is thinning at the front
- receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
- recreation ground — an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children
- recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
- rectangle slinger — polygon pusher
- recurring decimal — Mathematics. repeating decimal.
- reed canary grass — any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, as P. canariensis, native to the Canary Islands, bearing seed used as food for cage birds, or P. arundinacea (reed canary grass) used throughout the Northern Hemisphere as fodder.
- regulated tenancy — (in Britain) the letting of a dwelling by a nonresident private landlord, usually at a registered fair rent, from which the landlord cannot evict the tenant without a possession order from a court
- repeating decimal — a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 …. or 23.0218181818 ….
- repertory catalog — a catalog containing bibliographic records that indicate locations of materials in more than one library or in several units of one library.
- richard arkwright — Sir Richard, 1732–92, English inventor of the spinning jenny.
- rock of gibraltar — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- sanctions-busting — the deliberate disregarding of sanctions that are in force against a state, organization, etc
- saxe-coburg-gotha — a member of the present British royal family, from the establishment of the house in 1901 until 1917 when the family name was changed to Windsor.
- scarlet lightning — scarlet lychnis.
- schiff-s--reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- school playground — school's outdoor recreation area
- screaming meemies — extreme nervous tension
- screaming-meemies — extreme nervousness; hysteria (usually preceded by the).
- sea grant college — a college or university doing research on marine resources under the U.S. National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966.
- second generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- second-generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
- secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
- secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
- secretary-general — the head or chief administrative officer of a secretariat.
- self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
- self-significance — importance; consequence: the significance of the new treaty.
- semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- 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.
- septicemic plague — an especially dangerous form of plague in which the infecting organisms invade the bloodstream. Compare plague (def 2).