17-letter words containing h, d, s

indistinguishably — In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
industrial school — a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; trade or vocational school.
integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
interdental brush — a small brush that is used to clean between the teeth
intermediate host — the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
jammu and kashmir — official name of Kashmir (def 2).
lady of the house — the female head of a household (usually preceded by the).
lagrange's method — a procedure for finding maximum and minimum values of a function of several variables when the variables are restricted by additional conditions.
lake of the woods — Eldrick [el-drik] /ˈɛl drɪk/ (Show IPA), ("Tiger") born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
lanthanide series — the series of rare-earth elements of atomic numbers 57 through 71 (lanthanum through lutetium).
lazy daisy stitch — an embroidery stitch consisting of a long chain stitch, usually used in making flower patterns
lee harvey oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
liquidity cushion — a reserve fund of assets held by a company or person
lobster thermidor — a dish of cooked lobster meat placed back in the shell with a cream sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and melted butter, and browned in the oven.
loggerhead shrike — a common, North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, gray above and white below with black wings, tail, and facial mask.
lord of the flies — a novel (1954) by William Golding.
lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
machado y morales — Gerardo [he-rahr-th aw] /hɛˈrɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871–1939, president of Cuba 1925–33.
maintained school — a school financially supported by the state
make the dust fly — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
martha's vineyard — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. About 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
mass merchandiser — a retailer or retail store that seeks to sell large quantities of goods quickly through such means as discounting, customer self-service, or unadorned display and packaging, as in a warehouse.
medium close shot — a shot taken fairly close to the subject, but not as close as a close-up
mercuric sulphide — a compound of mercury, usually existing as a black solid (metacinnabarite) or a red solid (cinnabar or vermilion), which is used as a pigment. Formula: HgS
mies van der rohe — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1886–1969, U.S. architect, born in Germany.
montessori method — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
narrow-shouldered — having shoulders which do not extend very far from the neck; not broad-shouldered
neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
nichiren buddhism — a doctrine of salvation based on the Lotus Sutra.
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.
northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
northern studfish — See under studfish.
not one to do sth — If you say that someone is not one to do something, you think that it is very unlikely that they would do it because it is not their normal behaviour.
nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
of the old school — If you approve of someone because they have good qualities that used to be more common in the past, you can describe them as one of the old school.
old people's home — An old people's home is a place where old people live and are cared for when they are too old to look after themselves.
old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
old spanish trail — an overland route from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., first marked out in 1776 by Spanish explorers and missionaries.
on one's deathbed — about to die
on second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
on the debit side — the debit side of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects
on the heavy side — tending to be too heavy
one of these days — at some future time
orifice discharge — Orifice discharge is a model for calculating how quickly a fluid will come out of a punctured vessel or pipe.
out of one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

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