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17-letter words containing i, n, s, g, h

  • 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.
  • khingan mountains — a mountain system of NE China, in W Manchuria. Highest peak: 2034 m (6673 ft)
  • kinesthesiologist — Someone who practices kinesthesiology.
  • king philip's war — the war (1675–76) between New England colonists and a confederation of Indians under their leader, King Philip.
  • langerhans islets — islets of Langerhans
  • langmuir isotherm — A Langmuir isotherm is a classical relationship between the concentrations of a solid and a fluid, used to describe a state of no change in the sorption process.
  • let something rip — If you let something rip, you do it as quickly or as forcefully as possible. You can say 'let it rip' or 'let her rip' to someone when you want them to make a vehicle go as fast as it possibly can.
  • light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
  • loose-joint hinge — a hinge having a knuckle formed from half of each flap, and with the upper half removable from the pin.
  • make something of — to find a use for
  • merchant shipping — shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, etc)
  • message switching — store and forward
  • mischaracterizing — Present participle of mischaracterize.
  • montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
  • myasthenia gravis — a disease of impaired transmission of motor nerve impulses, characterized by episodic muscle weakness and easy fatigability, especially of the face, tongue, neck, and respiratory muscles: caused by autoimmune destruction of acetylcholine receptors. Abbreviation: MG.
  • navigation lights — lights on an aircraft
  • neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
  • new english bible — an English translation (1970) of the Bible into contemporary idiom, directed by Anglican and other Protestant churches of Great Britain.
  • 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.
  • nonteaching staff — employees within an academic or vocational environment whose jobs do not involve teaching
  • northern kingfish — a croaker, Menticirrhus saxatilis, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
  • nothing less than — You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • one-stop shopping — the provision of everything that a customer or client might require in one place
  • 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
  • overnight success — sth or sb suddenly popular
  • philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
  • physical training — fitness coaching
  • positive thinking — an optimistic attitude
  • psychic energizer — Pharmacology. antidepressant (def 2).
  • psychodiagnostics — the study and evaluation of character or personality in terms of behavioral and anatomical traits, as gesture, posture and physiognomy.
  • psycholinguistics — the study of the relationship between language and the cognitive or behavioral characteristics of those who use it.
  • pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • reverse lightning — a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.
  • 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.
  • sandringham house — a residence of the royal family, in Sandringham, a village in E England, in Norfolk near the E shore of the Wash
  • scarlet lightning — scarlet lychnis.
  • schiff-s--reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • schizophrenogenic — causative of schizophrenia.
  • see someone right — to ensure fair treatment of (someone)
  • sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
  • shipping articles — articles of agreement.
  • shipping industry — the industry concerned with transporting freight, esp by ship
  • shit on a shingle — creamed chipped beef or ground beef in a sauce, served on toast.
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • shooting incident — an incident involving guns
  • shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
  • shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
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