17-letter words containing n, a, m, e, d
- pseudo-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- purely and simply — You use purely and simply to emphasize that the thing you are mentioning is the only thing involved.
- put a dampener on — To put a dampener on something means the same as to put a damper on it.
- radiant emittance — radiant flux emitted per unit area.
- radioluminescence — luminescence induced by nuclear radiation.
- recurring decimal — Mathematics. repeating decimal.
- 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
- remittance advice — a letter sent by a customer to a supplier, to let them know that their invoice has been paid
- repeating decimal — a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 …. or 23.0218181818 ….
- 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)
- ring-tailed lemur — a Madagascan prosimian primate, Lemur catta, with a long black and white ringed tail
- rubberman disease — Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
- rural development — social or economic activities or initiatives designed to improve the standard of living in areas far away from large towns or cities
- sacred roman rota — rota1 (def 3).
- sandringham house — a residence of the royal family, in Sandringham, a village in E England, in Norfolk near the E shore of the Wash
- scentless mayweed — a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
- second-hand smoke — from sb else's cigarette
- second-in-command — A second-in-command is someone who is next in rank to the leader of a group, and who has authority to give orders when the leader is not there.
- 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.
- semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- seventh amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing trial by jury.
- sidewall sampling — Sidewall sampling is the process of taking a sample from the wall of the borehole.
- sixth commandment — “Thou shalt not kill”: sixth of the Ten Commandments.
- sliding vane pump — A sliding vane pump is a pump in which the vanes (=flat parts) are the main sealing element between the suction and discharge areas.
- smarandache logic — neutrosophic logic
- smoke and mirrors — (used with a singular or plural verb) something that distorts or blurs facts, figures, etc., like a magic or conjuring trick; artful deception.
- sodium propionate — a transparent, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 3 H 5 NaO 2 , used in foodstuffs to prevent mold growth, and in medicine as a fungicide.
- sound effects man — a man who produces sounds artificially or reproduces them from a recording, etc, to create a theatrical effect, such as the bringing together of two halves of a hollow coconut shell to simulate a horse's gallop. Such sound effects are used in plays, films, etc
- sound spectrogram — a graphic representation, produced by a sound spectrograph, of the frequency, intensity, duration, and variation with time of the resonance of a sound or series of sounds.
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- 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.
- stand on ceremony — to insist on or act with excessive formality
- stand-up comedian — performer: tells jokes
- sudetes mountains — mountain range along the borders of N Czech Republic & SW Poland: highest peak, 5,259 ft (1,603 m)
- sum and substance — main idea, gist, or point: the sum and substance of an argument.
- sunday supplement — a special section incorporated in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, often containing features on books, celebrities, home entertainment, gardening, and the like.
- superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
- supply and demand — economy: basic market theory
- supreme commander — the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.
- sydenham's chorea — a form of chorea affecting children, often associated with rheumatic fever
- tanenbaum, andrew — Andrew Tanenbaum
- temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
- tenth commandment — “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's”: tenth of the Ten Commandments.
- the last judgment — the occasion, after the resurrection of the dead at the end of the world, when, according to biblical tradition, God will decree the final destinies of all men according to the good and evil in their earthly lives
- the old gentleman — a jocular name for Satan
- thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
- thermal radiation — electromagnetic radiation emitted by all matter above a temperature of absolute zero because of the thermal motion of atomic particles.
- thermal underwear — underwear designed to retain body heat in cold temperatures.