17-letter words containing m, i, s, r, e, f
- minister of state — (in the British Parliament) a minister, usually below cabinet rank, appointed to assist a senior minister with heavy responsibilities
- motion of censure — a motion by opposition parties criticizing the government
- neurofibromatosis — a dominantly inherited genetic disorder characterized by flat brown patches on the skin, neurofibromas of the skin and internal organs, and in some cases skeletal deformity.
- pair of compasses — compass (def 7)
- plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
- pre-manifestation — an act of manifesting.
- pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
- professional army — an army of trained soldiers
- recursion formula — a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms.
- reformed spelling — a revised orthography intended to simplify the spelling of English words, especially to eliminate unpronounced letters, as by substituting thru for through, tho for though, slo for slow, etc.
- safety in numbers — If you say that there is safety in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone.
- saint elmo's fire — corona discharge.
- self-administered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- self-confirmation — the act of confirming.
- self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- self-priming pump — A self-priming pump is a pump that will clear its passages of air and start pumping.
- semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- semi-professional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
- silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
- smoke-filled room — a place, as a hotel room, for conducting secret negotiations, effecting compromises, devising strategy, etc.
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- spiritus frumenti — whiskey.
- stratified sample — a sample that is not drawn at random from the whole population, but separately from a number of disjoint strata of the population in order to ensure a more representative sample
- supreme sacrifice — the sacrifice of one's own life: Many made the supreme sacrifice during the war.
- temple of artemis — the temple at Ephesus dedicated to Artemis.
- thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
- think in terms of — If you say that you are thinking in terms of doing a particular thing, you mean that you are considering it.
- unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- vermiform process — vermiform appendix.
- welfare economics — a branch of economics concerned with improving human welfare and social conditions chiefly through the optimum distribution of wealth, the relief or reduction of unemployment, etc.