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17-letter words containing n, a, r, t, i, g

  • nondiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • northern michigan — the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. Abbreviation: U.P.
  • norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
  • not lift a finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
  • nothing more than — merely, solely
  • on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • on-street parking — parking (of a car, vehicle, etc) that is or is allowed to be done on a street
  • opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
  • operating theatre — An operating theatre is a special room in a hospital where surgeons carry out medical operations.
  • organ-pipe cactus — a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.
  • organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
  • organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
  • organized militia — a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.
  • orthogonal matrix — a matrix that is the inverse of its transpose so that any two rows or any two columns are orthogonal vectors
  • orthogonalization — (mathematics) The process of converting a set of functions or vectors into orthogonal ones.
  • osculating circle — circle of curvature.
  • otolaryngological — Pertaining to otolaryngology.
  • otolaryngologists — Plural form of otolaryngologist.
  • outline agreement — a contract, etc, setting out the preliminary terms or guidelines for an agreement; a preliminary agreement
  • overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • painted greenling — a greenling, Oxylebius pictus, inhabiting the Pacific coastal waters of North America, having a whitish body marked with black bands.
  • paralysis agitans — Parkinson's disease
  • parathyroid gland — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
  • paratungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H10W12O14
  • parking attendant — a person who works for a traffic control agency and who issues tickets for parking violations
  • pascal's triangle — a triangular arrangement of the binomial coefficients of the expansion (x + y) n for positive integral values of n.
  • passenger station — a station used by passengers
  • passenger traffic — number of passengers
  • perforation gauge — a marked ruler used to measure the number of perforations per unit length along the borders of a stamp.
  • permutation group — a mathematical group whose elements are permutations and in which the product of two permutations is the same permutation as is obtained by performing them in succession.
  • physical training — fitness coaching
  • picture messaging — Picture messaging is the sending of photographs or pictures from one mobile phone to another.
  • pitching rotation — the regular, scheduled succession of starting pitchers designated by a manager: a four-man pitching rotation in September.
  • pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  • polarizing filter — a camera lens filter used to control the plane of polarization of light entering the lens.
  • portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
  • portuguese guinea — former name of Guinea-Bissau.
  • 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-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • pre-investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
  • pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • precision casting — investment casting.
  • predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
  • pressure gradient — the change of pressure per unit distance
  • prothoracic gland — either of a pair of endocrine glands in the anterior thorax of some insects, functioning to promote the series of molts from hatching to adulthood.
  • rapid prototyping — (programming)   The creation of a working model of a software module to demonstrate the feasibility and suitability of the function. The prototype is expected to be replaced or refined before inclusion in the final product. Rapid prototyping contrasts with a DIRFT approach which emphasises careful design and implementation to avoid the overheads of debugging and testing prototype code. Rapid prototyping is appropriate when the requirements are unclear or likely to change (which is most of the time).
  • re-entering angle — an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°.
  • ready and waiting — If you want to emphasize that a person is properly prepared for something, or that something can now be used, you can say that they are ready and waiting.
  • receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
  • recreation ground — an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children
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