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17-letter words containing n, e, t, l, d

  • strange interlude — a play (1928) by Eugene O'Neill.
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • 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.
  • surrender to bail — to present oneself at court at the appointed time after having been on bail
  • sustained-release — (of a drug or fertilizer) capable of gradual release of an active agent over a period of time, allowing for a sustained effect; timed-release; long-acting; prolonged-action; slow-release.
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • take second place — If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
  • technical drawing — the study and practice, esp as a subject taught in school, of the basic techniques of draughtsmanship, as employed in mechanical drawing, architecture, etc
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • the death penalty — capital punishment
  • 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 life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
  • the old gentleman — a jocular name for Satan
  • the silken ladder — a one-act opera by Rossini, telling the story of Giulia, who is secretly married to Dorvil; he visits her bedroom every night by climbing up a ladder made of silk. Giulia's guardian, Dormont, expects her to marry Blansac, but she introduces Blansac to her cousin Lucilla; after much confusion, the two couples are joyfully united
  • the sound of mull — the water that separates the island of Mull from the mainland of Scotland
  • the underemployed — underemployed people
  • 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.
  • thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
  • thompson seedless — a yellow, seedless variety of grape used in producing raisins.
  • thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
  • three mile island — an island in the Susquehanna River, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, SE of Harrisburg: scene of a near-disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979 that raised the issue of nuclear-energy safety.
  • three-dimensional — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
  • transcendentalism — transcendental character, thought, or language.
  • transcendentalist — transcendental character, thought, or language.
  • transcendentalize — to cause to become transcendent.
  • transdermal patch — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
  • tree of knowledge — the tree whose fruit Adam and Eve tasted in disobedience of God: Gen. 2, 3
  • tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
  • tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics.
  • tuberculin-tested — (of milk) produced by cows that have been certified as free of tuberculosis
  • 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.
  • understandability — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • undulatory theory — wave theory (def 1).
  • unique id listing — (messaging)   (UIDL) A system used by POP3 electronic mail servers to uniquely identify a mail message. Normally, a message is identified by its position in the list of messages but this will change when an earlier message is deleted. The UIDL is a fixed string of characters which is unique to the message. The UIDL of a message never changes and will never be reused, even when the message has been deleted from the user's mailbox.
  • unlisted building — a building that is not amongst those buildings officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
  • valetudinarianism — the state, condition, or habits of a valetudinarian.
  • vice-presidential — relating to a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic
  • visible radiation — electromagnetic radiation that causes the sensation of sight; light. It has wavelengths between about 380 and 780 nanometres
  • voidable contract — a contract or agreement that is capable of being made of no legal effect or made void
  • vulcan death grip — (jargon)   A variant of Vulcan nerve pinch derived from a Star Trek classic epsisode where a non-existant "Vulcan death grip" was used to fool Romulans that Spock had killed Kirk.
  • wage differential — the difference in wages between workers with different skills in the same industry or between those with comparable skills in different industries or localities
  • well-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
  • well-investigated — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
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