17-letter words containing m, e, s, a, g, t
- sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
- sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
- take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
- telephone message — a message that is transmitted by telephone
- the last judgment — the occasion, after the resurrection of the dead at the end of the world, when, according to biblical tradition, God will decree the final destinies of all men according to the good and evil in their earthly lives
- the major leagues — the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League
- thomson's gazelle — a medium-sized antelope, Gazella thomsoni, abundant on the grassy steppes and dry bush of the East African plains.
- threshing machine — a machine for removing grains and seeds from straw and chaff.
- trigger mechanism — a physiological or psychological process caused by a stimulus and resulting in a usually severe reaction.
- ultimate strength — the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
- unimaginativeness — the quality of being unimaginative
- urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
- wade-giles system — a system of Romanization of Chinese, devised by Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818–95) and adapted by Herbert Allen Giles (1845–1935), widely used in representing Chinese words and names in English, especially before the adoption of pinyin.
- x image extension — (XIE) Extensions to the X protocol to handle images.
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
- zygomatic process — any of several bony processes that articulate with the cheekbone.