17-letter words containing l, y, n, d
- seven deadly sins — Christianity: worst vices
- shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
- socially included — benefiting from social inclusion
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
- strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
- stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
- sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
- sunday supplement — a special section incorporated in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, often containing features on books, celebrities, home entertainment, gardening, and the like.
- supply and demand — economy: basic market theory
- the death penalty — capital punishment
- the underemployed — underemployed people
- to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
- to slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget it.
- tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
- uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- undulatory theory — wave theory (def 1).
- vascular cylinder — stele (sense 3)
- williams syndrome — an abnormality in the genes involved in calcium metabolism, resulting in learning difficulties
- youth-and-old-age — a stiff-growing, erect composite plant, Zinnia elegans, of Mexico, having large, solitary flowers with yellow-to-purple disks and usually red rays.
- youthful offender — a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.