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17-letter words containing i, n, c, h, a, r

  • ignoratio elenchi — the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question.
  • immunotherapeutic — (immunology, medicine) Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
  • 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
  • intertrochanteric — (anatomy) Between the two trochanters of the femur.
  • iontophoretically — By means of iontophoresis.
  • jack-in-the-green — (in England, formerly) a man who wore or supported a leaf-covered wooden framework while dancing in May-Day celebrations
  • julian of norwich — ?1342–?1413, English mystic and anchoress: best known for the Revelations of Divine Love describing her visions
  • junior technician — a rank in the RAF senior to aircraftman: comparable to that of private in the army
  • lancashire heeler — a small sturdy dog of a breed with a short thick black or liver-coloured coat with tan markings, often used for herding cattle
  • lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
  • lombrosian school — a school of criminology, promulgating the theories and employing the methods developed by Lombroso.
  • lymphangiographic — Relating to lymphangiography.
  • maraschino cherry — a cherry cooked in colored syrup and flavored with maraschino, used to garnish desserts, cocktails, etc.
  • 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.
  • mechanical digger — a machine used for excavation
  • mechanoelectrical — Describing the production of electricity by mechanical motion; especially in a transducer.
  • mental arithmetic — sums done in your head
  • merchant shipping — shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, etc)
  • michigan bankroll — a large roll of paper money in small denominations.
  • microphanerophyte — any shrub or tree having a height of 2 to 8 metres
  • millennial church — the church of the Shakers.
  • mischaracterizing — Present participle of mischaracterize.
  • mitochondrial dna — DNA found in mitochondria, which contains some structural genes and is generally inherited only through the female line
  • monochromatically — of or having one color.
  • morphic resonance — the idea that, through a telepathic effect or sympathetic vibration, an event or act can lead to similar events or acts in the future or an idea conceived in one mind can then arise in another
  • nakhon ratchasima — a city in central Thailand.
  • nathaniel currier — Nathaniel, 1813–88, U.S. lithographer. Compare Ives (def 4).
  • natural harmonics — harmonics of a note produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching an open or unstopped sounded string.
  • natural hat trick — three goals scored in succession by one player in one game or one period.
  • nephelometrically — By means of nephelometry.
  • neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
  • neuropsychiatrist — A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry; a medical doctor dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
  • nicholas bourbaki — the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique
  • nikita khrushchev — Nikita S(ergeyevich) [ni-kee-tuh sur-gey-uh-vich;; Russian nyi-kyee-tuh syir-gye-yuh-vyich] /nɪˈki tə sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪˈkyi tə syɪrˈgyɛ yə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1971, Russian political leader: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1958–64.
  • nitroxanthic acid — picric acid.
  • non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • nonalcoholic beer — Nonalcoholic beer is beer that does not contain any alcohol.
  • north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • northern michigan — the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. Abbreviation: U.P.
  • nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
  • numbering machine — a handheld device for stamping numbers onto objects
  • oceanographically — In terms of oceanography.
  • omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
  • opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
  • organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
  • organic psychosis — a severe mental illness produced by damage to the brain, as a result of poisoning, alcoholism, disease, etc
  • orthovanadic acid — an oxyacid of vanadium, known chiefly in the form of its vanadate salts. Formula: H3VO4
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