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17-letter words containing n, o, a, h, i

  • psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
  • pull your head in — be quiet!
  • quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
  • radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
  • radio in the loop — Wireless Local Loop
  • receding forehead — a forehead which slopes backwards
  • rehospitalization — the act, process, or state of being hospitalized.
  • republic of china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  • republic-of-china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
  • respiratory chain — a series of mitochondrial proteins that transport electrons of hydrogen, released in the Krebs cycle, from acetyl coenzyme A to inhaled oxygen to form H 2 O: the energy released in the process is conserved as ATP.
  • reticulate python — a python, Python reticulatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, sometimes growing to a length of 32 feet (10 meters): usually considered to be the largest snake in the world.
  • 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)
  • roll with a punch — to move in the same direction as a punch thrown at one so as to lessen its force
  • roman catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • russian wolfhound — borzoi.
  • saint christopher — Saint, died a.d. c250, Christian martyr.
  • saint john's wort — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves.
  • sandringham house — a residence of the royal family, in Sandringham, a village in E England, in Norfolk near the E shore of the Wash
  • sandwich compound — any of a class of organometallic compounds whose molecules have a metal atom or ion bound between two plane parallel organic rings
  • sawatch mountains — range of the Rocky Mountains, in central Colo.: highest peak, Elbert
  • scarlet firethorn — a Eurasian evergreen, thorny shrub, Pyracantha coccinea, of the rose family, having white, hairy flower clusters and bright red berries.
  • self-annihilation — self-destruction; suicide.
  • shirt-tail cousin — a distant cousin
  • shit on a shingle — creamed chipped beef or ground beef in a sauce, served on toast.
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
  • shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • shouting distance — hailing distance.
  • significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • sixth commandment — “Thou shalt not kill”: sixth of the Ten Commandments.
  • skate on thin ice — to place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation
  • slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • smarandache logic — neutrosophic logic
  • snatch one's time — to leave a job, taking whatever pay is due
  • socratic elenchus — the drawing out of the consequences of a position in order to show them to be contrary to some accepted position
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • south lanarkshire — a council area of S Scotland, comprising the S part of the historical county of Lanarkshire: included within Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: has uplands in the S and part of the Glasgow conurbation in the N: mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Hamilton. Pop: 303 010 (2003 est). Area: 1771 sq km (684 sq miles)
  • south sea islands — the islands in the S Pacific that constitute Oceania
  • southern rhodesia — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
  • southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
  • spaghettification — the theoretical stretching of an object as it encounters extreme differences in gravitational forces, especially those associated with a black hole.
  • special schooling — the system of educating children with special needs in schools designed to meet their needs
  • spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
  • 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.
  • spit in the ocean — a variety of poker in which four cards are dealt face down to each player and one card, forming the fifth for all hands, is dealt face up in the center of the table, the exposed card and others of its denomination being wild cards.
  • spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
  • squash vine borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Melittia satyriniformis, that bores into the stems of squash and related plants.
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