17-letter words containing n, a, l, m, e, f
- portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
- 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.
- reduction formula — a formula, such as sin (90° ± A) = cos A, expressing the values of a trigonometric function of any angle greater than 90° in terms of a function of an acute angle
- saint elmo's fire — corona discharge.
- self-administered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
- self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
- self-confirmation — the act of confirming.
- self-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
- self-estrangement — to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of: Their quarrel estranged the two friends.
- self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
- 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
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- terminal platform — (in the oil industry) an offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline
- the fall (of man) — Adam's sin of yielding to temptation in eating the forbidden fruit, and his subsequent loss of grace
- thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
- to fan the flames — If someone or something fans the flames of a situation or feeling, usually a bad one, they make it more intense or extreme in some way.
- traffic policeman — a policeman controlling traffic, esp while stationed at an intersection, or enforcing traffic regulations
- twelfth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1804, providing for election of the president and vice president by the electoral college: should there be no majority vote for one person, the House of Representatives (one vote per state) chooses the president and the Senate the vice president.
- uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unlawful assembly — a meeting of three or more people with the intent of carrying out any unlawful purpose
- unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- vale of glamorgan — a county borough of S Wales, created in 1996 from parts of South Glamorgan and Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Barry. Pop: 121 200 (2003 est). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- 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.