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17-letter words containing n, o, r, i, g

  • the lower regions — hell
  • the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
  • the upper regions — the sky; heavens
  • the witching hour — the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight
  • thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
  • thought-provoking — If something such as a book or a film is thought-provoking, it contains interesting ideas that make people think seriously.
  • thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • traditional logic — formal logic based on syllogistic formulas, especially as developed by Aristotle.
  • transignification — (in the Eucharist) a change in the significance of the bread and wine to symbolize the body and blood of Christ.
  • transition region — a thin and very irregular layer of the sun's atmosphere that separates the hot corona from the much cooler chromosphere.
  • travelling people — Gypsies or other itinerant people: a term used esp by such people of themselves
  • trifoliate orange — a spiny, Chinese orange tree, Poncirus trifoliata, used as a stock in grafting and for hedges.
  • tungsten trioxide — a heavy, canary-yellow, water-insoluble powder, WO 3 , used in the manufacture of tungstates.
  • turbinado (sugar) — a partially refined, granulated, pale-brown sugar obtained by washing raw sugar in a centrifuge until most of the molasses is removed
  • turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
  • uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • under the sign of — during that portion of the year when the sun is passing through and thus subject to the influence of (a specified sign of the zodiac)
  • underground movie — a movie produced independently on a low budget and often using experimental techniques and avant-garde themes.
  • unipalm group plc — (company)   A company floated in March 1994.
  • urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
  • videoconferencing — the holding of videoconferences.
  • visitation rights — the legal right granted to a divorced or separated parent to visit a child in the custody of the other parent.
  • voice recognition — the control of a computer system by a voice or voices that the computer has been instructed to accept
  • waiting for godot — a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett.
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • wedding reception — party after a marriage
  • weeping lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • weigh one's words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
  • wrangell-mountain — Mount, an active volcano in SE Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 14,006 feet (4269 meters).
  • wring one's hands — If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
  • yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
  • yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.
  • you're telling me — I know, I'm well aware
  • youth programming — the creation and scheduling of television programmes specifically aimed at young people
  • zero-point energy — energy in a substance at the temperature of absolute zero.
  • zonal pelargonium — a pelargonium whose leaves are marked with concentric circles of a different colour to the rest of the leaf
  • zoological garden — zoo (def 1).
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