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17-letter words containing m, o, t, h, p, r

  • non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
  • overstep the mark — If someone oversteps the mark, they behave in a way that is considered unacceptable.
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • parathyroidectomy — the excision of a parathyroid gland.
  • pastoral symphony — the Symphony No. 6 in F major (1807–08) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
  • peer of the realm — any of a class of peers in Great Britain and Ireland entitled by heredity to sit in the House of Lords.
  • phantom pregnancy — the occurrence of signs of pregnancy, such as enlarged abdomen and absence of menstruation, when no embryo is present, due to hormonal imbalance
  • phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
  • plymouth brethren — a religious sect founded c. 1827, strongly Puritanical in outlook and prohibiting many secular occupations for its members. It combines elements of Calvinism, Pietism, and millenarianism, and has no organized ministry
  • portmanteau morph — a phonological unit of more than one morpheme, as French au to (him) from a to + le masculine article, which realizes a preposition and the definite article; a single morph that is analyzed as representing two underlying morphemes.
  • psychometric test — a test designed to test a person's mental state, personality and thought processes
  • put on the market — offer for sale
  • radiometeorograph — a device for the automatic transmission by radio of the data from a set of meteorological instruments
  • rhodope mountains — a mountain range in SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula extending along the border between Bulgaria and Greece. Highest peak: Golyam Perelik (Bulgaria), 2191 m (7188 ft)
  • scheme repository — A collection of free Scheme programs.
  • southampton water — an inlet of the English Channel in S England
  • spectrophotometer — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • spectrophotometry — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • spore mother cell — a cell from which a spore is produced
  • stenothermophilic — growing best within a narrow temperature range.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • swash plate motor — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and converts reciprocating motion to rotation
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
  • the electoral map — a map showing the distribution of constituencies over a country
  • the metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • the olympic torch — a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the primrose path — a pleasurable way of life
  • the underemployed — underemployed people
  • the-metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • thematic approach — teaching organized by theme rather than by school subject
  • thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
  • thermal pollution — a rise in the temperature of rivers or lakes that is injurious to water-dwelling life and is caused by the disposal of heated industrial waste water or water from the cooling towers of nuclear power plants.
  • thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
  • throat microphone — a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.
  • to prime the pump — To prime the pump means to do something to encourage the success or growth of something, especially the economy.
  • ultrametamorphism — metamorphism during which the temperature of a rock exceeds its melting point.
  • youth programming — the creation and scheduling of television programmes specifically aimed at young people
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