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17-letter words containing h, e, i

  • square the circle — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
  • squatter's rights — the rights to a property claimed by someone who has occupied it in the owner's absence
  • stannous chloride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, SnCl 2 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly as a reducing and tinning agent, and as a mordant in dyeing with cochineal.
  • stare in the face — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • state the obvious — point out sth already evident
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • stenothermophilic — growing best within a narrow temperature range.
  • stereolithography — a process for creating three-dimensional objects using a computer-controlled laser to build up the required structure, layer by layer, from a liquid photopolymer that solidifies.
  • stick to the ribs — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • sting in the tail — an unexpected and unpleasant ending
  • straw in the wind — If you say that an incident or piece of news is a straw in the wind, you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future.
  • stretch limousine — a limousine that has been lengthened to provide extra seating accommodation and more legroom
  • stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
  • striped killifish — a killifish, Fundulus majalis, of the Atlantic coast of the U.S., the female of which is marked with black stripes.
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • surprise symphony — the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn.
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • take a chill pill — something that has a calming or relaxing effect.
  • tay-sachs disease — a rare fatal hereditary disease, occurring chiefly in infants and children, especially of eastern European Jewish origin, characterized by a red spot on the retina, gradual blindness, and paralysis.
  • teacher education — training to become a teacher, usually at an institution of higher education
  • 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 practice — Teaching practice is a period that a student teacher spends teaching at a school as part of his or her training.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • technical college — school of further and vocational education
  • technical drawing — the study and practice, esp as a subject taught in school, of the basic techniques of draughtsmanship, as employed in mechanical drawing, architecture, etc
  • technical offence — an action which is prohibited by law, but for which no blame can be attached to the person who commits it
  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • 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.
  • telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
  • telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
  • television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
  • terephthalic acid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the para isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and textile fibers.
  • tertiary syphilis — the third stage of syphilis, characterized by involvement of the internal organs, especially the brain, spinal cord, heart, and liver.
  • that's the ticket — that is exactly what's needed
  • the alpine valley — a straight fracture on the moon that cuts the Alps in two
  • the bag of tricks — every device; everything
  • the beehive state — Utah
  • the bright lights — places of entertainment in a city
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the confederation — the original 13 states of the United States of America constituted under the Articles of Confederation and superseded by the more formal union established in 1789
  • the driver's seat — the position of control or dominance
  • the enlightenment — an 18th-century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason and the critical reappraisal of existing ideas and social institutions
  • the establishment — a group or class of people having institutional authority within a society, esp those who control the civil service, the government, the armed forces, and the Church: usually identified with a conservative outlook
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