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17-letter words containing i, s, o, h, e

  • a shot in the arm — something that bolsters up, reinvigorates, encourages, etc., esp. in a difficult situation
  • a sporting chance — If you have a sporting chance of doing something, it is quite likely that you will do that thing.
  • absolute humidity — the humidity of the atmosphere, usually expressed as the number of grams of water contained in 1 cubic metre of air
  • abstinence theory — the theory that interest is payment for conserving current income.
  • acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
  • aftershave lotion — a lotion, usually styptic and perfumed, for application to the face after shaving
  • against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
  • ammonium sulphate — a white soluble crystalline solid used mainly as a fertilizer and in water purification. Formula: (NH4)2SO4
  • anaesthesiologist — anesthesiology.
  • anesthesiologists — Plural form of anesthesiologist.
  • angra do heroismo — a port in the Azores, on Terceira Island. Pop: 35 581 (2001)
  • anthropomorphises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthropomorphise.
  • anthroposemiotics — The study of human communication.
  • apostolic fathers — the Fathers of the early Church who immediately followed the Apostles
  • archconservatives — Plural form of archconservative.
  • aristolochiaceous — belonging to the Aristolochiaceae, the birthwort family of plants.
  • arlington heights — village in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 76,000
  • as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
  • at the service of — To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.
  • attraction sphere — centrosphere (sense 1)
  • australopithecine — any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old
  • authoritativeness — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
  • babe in the woods — a baby or child.
  • back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
  • bacteriorhodopsin — a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight
  • bahia de cochinos — Spanish name of Bay of Pigs.
  • baseboard heating — a heating system by pipes, through which steam or hot water circulates, near the base of the walls of rooms
  • behind one's back — without one's knowledge; secretly or deceitfully
  • biological shield — a protective shield impervious to radiation, esp the thick concrete wall surrounding the core of a nuclear reactor
  • blasphemous libel — In Britain, previously, the crime committed if a person insults, offends, or vilifies the deity, Christ, or the Christian religion
  • board-and-shingle — a small dwelling with wooden walls and a shingle roof
  • boiler horsepower — a unit of measurement of the ability of a boiler to evaporate water, usually given as the ability to evaporate 34½ pounds (15.6 kg) of water an hour, into dry saturated steam from and at 212°F (100°C).
  • boothia peninsula — a peninsula of N Canada: the northernmost part of the mainland of North America, lying west of the Gulf of Boothia, an arm of the Arctic Ocean
  • breach of promise — (formerly) failure to carry out one's promise to marry
  • british cameroons — a former British trust territory of West Africa
  • british-cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
  • broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • buttonhole stitch — a reinforcing looped stitch for the edge of material, such as around a buttonhole
  • cache consistency — cache coherency
  • calcium phosphate — the insoluble nonacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid (phosphoric(V) acid): it occurs in bones and is the main constituent of bone ash. Formula: Ca3(PO4)2
  • carbon disulphide — a colourless slightly soluble volatile flammable poisonous liquid commonly having a disagreeable odour due to the presence of impurities: used as an organic solvent and in the manufacture of rayon and carbon tetrachloride. Formula: CS2
  • cardiogenic shock — a type of shock caused by decreased cardiac output despite adequate blood volume, owing to a disease of the heart itself, as myocardial infarction, or any other factor that interferes with the filling or emptying of the heart.
  • catholic epistles — the epistles of James, I and II Peter, I John, and Jude, which were addressed to the universal Church rather than to an individual or a particular church
  • celestial horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
  • cellulose varnish — a varnish made from cellulose nitrate, used as a protective sealing film
  • chancery division — (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
  • change one's mind — to alter one's decision or opinion
  • characterisations — Plural form of characterisation.
  • characterizations — portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
  • charter of rights — a section of the Canadian Constitution containing a statement of the basic rights of citizens of Canada.

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