17-letter words containing i, c, o, n, s
- delay instruction — delayed control-transfer
- democritus junior — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- denial of service — a deliberate interruption in access to a computer system or network, esp by using multiple computers to generate an unmanageable volume of traffic (distributed denial of service)
- denial-of-service — pertaining to or being an incident in which a computer or computer network is disabled, disrupting access or service: a website hit by a denial-of-service attack; unintentional denial-of-service problems.
- deoxyribonuclease — DNase.
- dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
- designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
- desoxyribonucleic — Alternative spelling of deoxyribonucleic.
- despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
- desynchronisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of desynchronization.
- desynchronization — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- deucalion's flood — a flood sent by Zeus that wiped out the entire population of the earth, except for Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha
- diatonic semitone — the pitch difference between certain adjacent degrees of the diatonic scale
- diffused junction — a semiconductor junction formed by diffusing acceptor or donor impurity atoms into semiconductor material to form regions of p-type or n-type conductivity
- directionlessness — Absence of direction.
- discomgoogolation — a feeling of anxiety felt by someone who is unable to access the internet
- disidentification — The act of disidentifying, or rejecting a personal or group identity.
- disposable income — the part of a person's income remaining after deducting personal income taxes.
- disqualifications — Plural form of disqualification.
- disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
- distribution cost — a cost incurred by a distributor or in the distribution of something
- district attorney — an officer who acts as attorney for the people or government within a specified district.
- doberman pinscher — one of a German breed of medium-sized, short-haired dogs having a black, brown, or blue coat with rusty brown markings.
- domestic violence — physical abuse in the home
- early closing day — a day on which most shops in a town or area close after lunch
- elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
- electric constant — the permittivity of free space, which has the value 8.854 187 × 10–12 farad per metre
- electroanesthesia — Anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
- electroconvulsive — Of or relating to the treatment of mental illness by the application of electric shocks to the brain.
- electrodeposition — The deposition of a metal on a cathode during electrolysis; used as a method of purification.
- emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
- emergency session — an urgent meeting held by parliament, ministers, etc. to discuss what measures should be taken to deal with an emergency
- emission spectrum — the continuous spectrum or pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed into a spectrometer. The spectrum is characteristic of the emitting substance and the type of excitation to which it is subjected
- employee discount — When the employees of a store or other retail business are entitled to an employee discount, they do not have to pay the full price for goods they buy in the store.
- encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
- energy conversion — the process of changing one form of energy into another, such as nuclear energy into heat or solar energy into electrical energy
- english shellcode — (security) A kind of malware that is embedded in ordinary English sentences. English shellcode attempts to avoid detection by antivirus software by making the code resemble, e.g. e-mail text or Wikipedia entries. It was first revealed by researchers at Johns Hopkins.
- ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
- eudoxus of cnidus — ?406–?355 bc, Greek astronomer and mathematician; believed to have calculated the length of the solar year
- exclusionary rule — a legal rule that evidence obtained illegally, as from a search without a warrant, may not be introduced at trial
- executive mansion — the White House (in Washington, D.C.), official home of the President of the U.S.
- executive session — a session of the Senate for the discussion of executive business, such as the ratification of treaties: formerly held in secret
- extension courses — courses offered to outsiders by an educational establishment
- factory inspector — a person who inspects factories
- fairness doctrine — a policy mandated by the Federal Communications Commission, requiring radio and television stations to grant equal time to a political candidate, group, etc., to present an opposing viewpoint to one already aired.
- fashion-conscious — interested in, and wanting to wear, fashionable clothes
- fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
- fictitious person — a legal entity or artificial person, as a corporation.
- fire commissioner — the senior or officer at state or provincial level in charge of fire prevention and fire safety
- first call on sth — If you have first call on something, you will be asked before anyone else whether you want to buy or use it.