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17-letter words containing n, o, d, i, l

  • police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
  • polyadenylic acid — a homopolymer of adenylic acid enzymatically added to messenger RNA in eukaryotic cells to inhibit the hydrolytic breakdown of messenger RNA.
  • post-and-rail tea — (in the 19th century) a coarse tea in which floating particles resembled a post-and-rail fence
  • post-depositional — removal from an office or position.
  • 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.
  • potential divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
  • production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
  • programming fluid — (jargon)   (Or "wirewater") Coffee, unleaded coffee (decaffeinated), Cola, or any caffeinacious stimulant. Many hackers consider these essential for those all-night hacking runs.
  • 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.
  • psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
  • pull your head in — be quiet!
  • pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
  • quattuordecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.
  • radio in the loop — Wireless Local Loop
  • radioluminescence — luminescence induced by nuclear radiation.
  • railroad crossing — place for vehicles to cross train tracks
  • reading knowledge — the ability to read a language, but not speak it
  • recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
  • reduce to silence — If someone or something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
  • 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
  • reformed spelling — a revised orthography intended to simplify the spelling of English words, especially to eliminate unpronounced letters, as by substituting thru for through, tho for though, slo for slow, etc.
  • revealed religion — religion based chiefly on the revelations of God to humans, especially as described in Scripture.
  • rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
  • rio grande do sul — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
  • road-fund licence — a licence showing that the tax payable in respect of a motor vehicle has been paid
  • russian wolfhound — borzoi.
  • sable island pony — a variety of wild pony found on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
  • sacrificial anode — Chemistry. an anode that is attached to a metal object subject to electrolysis and is decomposed instead of the object.
  • sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • santa rosa island — an island off the coast of California, in the Santa Barbara (Channel Islands) of California. 17 miles (27 km) long.
  • sea-island cotton — a long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies.
  • second lieutenant — an Army, Air Force, or Marine officer of the lowest commissioned rank. Compare ensign (def 4).
  • secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
  • secondary quality — one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.
  • secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
  • self-commendation — the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
  • self-condemnation — the act of condemning.
  • self-conditioning — Also called operant conditioning, instrumental conditioning. a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress.
  • self-dissociation — an act or instance of dissociating.
  • self-introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
  • self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
  • shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • sinbad the sailor — a merchant in The Arabian Nights who makes seven adventurous voyages
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • sleep deprivation — a condition in which you have not had enough sleep
  • slenderness ratio — aspect ratio (def 4a).
  • slenderness-ratio — Aeronautics. the ratio of the span of an airfoil to its mean chord.
  • slings and arrows — Slings and arrows are unpleasant things that happen to you and that are not your fault.
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