17-letter words containing n, a, d, o, r, s

nasolacrimal duct — a membranous canal extending from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity, through which tears are discharged into the nose.
nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
non-discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
non-subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
nondiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
nondiscrimination — an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction.
nondiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
odour of sanctity — sanctimoniousness
of its own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
old red sandstone — a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period
old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
old spanish trail — an overland route from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., first marked out in 1776 by Spanish explorers and missionaries.
on a razor's edge — in an acute dilemma
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
personal distance — personal space.
perth and kinross — a council area of N central Scotland, corresponding mainly to the historical counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire: part of Tayside Region from 1975 until 1996: chiefly mountainous, with agriculture, tourism, and forestry. Administrative centre: Perth. Pop: 135 990 (2003 est). Area: 5321 sq km (2019 sq miles)
polar coordinates — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
post-and-rail tea — (in the 19th century) a coarse tea in which floating particles resembled a post-and-rail fence
postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
pressure drawdown — Pressure drawdown is the difference between the reservoir pressure and the flowing wellbore pressure, which drives fluids from the reservoir into the wellbore.
production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
prolonged-release — A prolonged-release drug delivers a dose of a medication over an extended period of time.
prusso-danish war — a war of 1864 between Prussia and Denmark by which Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein.
pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
radio-transparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).
radioluminescence — luminescence induced by nuclear radiation.
railroad crossing — place for vehicles to cross train tracks
rattle one's dags — to hurry up
restraining order — a judicial order to forbid a particular act until a decision is reached on an application for an injunction.
rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
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)
rio grande do sul — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
road construction — the building of roads
ross and cromarty — a historic county in NW Scotland.
russian wolfhound — borzoi.
sacred roman rota — rota1 (def 3).

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