17-letter words containing h, i, g, p, r, e
- paleobiogeography — the study of the distribution of ancient plants and animals and their relation to ancient geographic features.
- partially sighted — unable to see properly so that even with corrective aids normal activities are prevented or seriously hindered
- philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- phonological rule — an operation in generative phonology that substitutes one sound or class of sounds for another in a phonological derivation.
- pre-enlightenment — the act of enlightening.
- pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- pseudepigraphical — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- psychic energizer — Pharmacology. antidepressant (def 2).
- put the finger on — to inform on or identify, esp for the police
- radiometeorograph — a device for the automatic transmission by radio of the data from a set of meteorological instruments
- right parenthesis — (character) ")". ASCII character 41. Common names: right paren; right parenthesis; right; close; thesis ("(" = paren); close paren; close parenthesis; right parenthesis; right banana. Rare: already ("(" = so); rparen; ITU-T: closing parenthesis; close round bracket, right round bracket, INTERCAL: wane ("(" = wax); unparenthisey ("(" = parenthisey); right ear. Paired with left parenthesis.
- schizophrenogenic — causative of schizophrenia.
- semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- shipping articles — articles of agreement.
- shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
- shopping precinct — pedestrian area with shops
- spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
- spectroheliograph — an apparatus for making photographs of the sun with a monochromatic light to show the details of the sun's surface and surroundings as they would appear if the sun emitted only that light.
- spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
- spiritual healing — faith healing
- spruce gall aphid — any of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid) and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid) that feed and form galls on conifers.
- 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.
- teaching practice — Teaching practice is a period that a student teacher spends teaching at a school as part of his or her training.
- teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
- the upper regions — the sky; heavens
- tiglath-pileser i — died 1102? b.c, king of Assyria c1115–1102?.
- uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- vulcan death grip — (jargon) A variant of Vulcan nerve pinch derived from a Star Trek classic epsisode where a non-existant "Vulcan death grip" was used to fool Romulans that Spock had killed Kirk.
- 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.
- zoogeographically — In a zoogeographical way.