17-letter words containing g, i, n, s, h, o
- spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
- stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
- swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
- switching station — A switching station is equipment used to tie together two or more electric circuits through switches.
- synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
- teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
- teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
- teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
- teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
- television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
- the lower regions — hell
- the upper regions — the sky; heavens
- thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
- to say nothing of — You use to say nothing of when you mention an additional thing which gives even more strength to the point you are making.
- turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
- 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)
- utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
- visitation rights — the legal right granted to a divorced or separated parent to visit a child in the custody of the other parent.
- warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
- washington island — an island off the Door Peninsula, NE Wisconsin, in NW Lake Michigan. 20 sq. mi. (50 sq. km).
- washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
- weigh one's words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
- windowglass shell — capiz.
- wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
- wring one's hands — If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
- yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.
- zola technologies — (company) Producers of the Z simulation language.