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17-letter words containing m, r, p

  • spectrophotometer — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • spectrophotometry — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • spectroradiometer — an instrument for determining the radiant-energy distribution in a spectrum, combining the functions of a spectroscope with those of a radiometer.
  • spectrum analyser — an instrument that splits an input waveform into its frequency components, which are then displayed
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • spectrum disorder — any of a group of disorders each having symptoms that occur on a continuum and certain features that are shared along its spectrum but that manifest in markedly different forms and degrees. See also autism spectrum disorder.
  • sperrin mountains — a mountain range in NW Northern Ireland
  • spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
  • spiritus frumenti — whiskey.
  • spongy parenchyma — the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces.
  • spore mother cell — a cell from which a spore is produced
  • spring cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • stenothermophilic — growing best within a narrow temperature range.
  • stir one's stumps — to move or become active
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • 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
  • stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • super-nationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
  • superalimentation — nourishment; nutrition.
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • supermassive star — Astronomy. a star with a mass more than fifty times the mass of the sun.
  • supernova remnant — an expanding shell of gas, with accompanying strong radio and x-ray emissions, produced by a supernova.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • supra-nationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • supralapsarianism — the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism).
  • supreme commander — the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.
  • supreme sacrifice — the sacrifice of one's own life: Many made the supreme sacrifice during the war.
  • surprise symphony — the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn.
  • 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
  • telescopic damper — a device with telescopic parts that reduce vibration in a motor vehicle
  • temperature chart — a chart monitoring and recording somebody's body temperature, as of a patient at a hospital, etc
  • temperature gauge — a device which shows the temperature or heat of something
  • temple of artemis — the temple at Ephesus dedicated to Artemis.
  • temporary account — A temporary account is an account which is closed out at the end of the year.
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • terminal capacity — The terminal capacity is the volume which can be stored in a terminal (= building or area with tanks).
  • terminal operator — A terminal operator is a company that manages a place where oil or petrochemical products are stored.
  • terminal platform — (in the oil industry) an offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline
  • 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
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