17-letter words containing n, o, s, p, e
- depersonalisation — Alternative spelling of depersonalization.
- depersonalization — the act or an instance of depersonalizing
- dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
- dephosphorylation — the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound, as in the changing of ATP to ADP.
- deprofessionalise — to remove from professional control, influence, manipulation, etc.
- deprofessionalize — to remove from professional control, influence, manipulation, etc.
- despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
- developmentalists — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
- disorderly person — a person guilty of disorderly conduct.
- dispassionateness — The state or quality of being dispassionate.
- dispensationalism — the interpreting of history as a series of divine dispensations.
- disposable income — the part of a person's income remaining after deducting personal income taxes.
- disproportionates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disproportionate.
- disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
- doberman pinscher — one of a German breed of medium-sized, short-haired dogs having a black, brown, or blue coat with rusty brown markings.
- doorstep salesman — a door-to-door salesman
- down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
- dramatis personae — (used with a plural verb) the characters in a play.
- drop one's bundle — several objects or a quantity of material gathered or bound together: a bundle of hay.
- eastern townships — an area of central Canada, in S Quebec: consists of 11 townships south of the St Lawrence
- electrodeposition — The deposition of a metal on a cathode during electrolysis; used as a method of purification.
- emission spectrum — the continuous spectrum or pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed into a spectrometer. The spectrum is characteristic of the emitting substance and the type of excitation to which it is subjected
- employee benefits — benefits, such as health insurance, pension payments, or childcare, given to employees in addition to their usual salary or wage
- employee discount — When the employees of a store or other retail business are entitled to an employee discount, they do not have to pay the full price for goods they buy in the store.
- encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
- enlarged prostate — disorder of male reproductive gland
- european standard — a specification to be used as a consistent rule or guideline in the manufacture or selling of a certain product or service traded within Europe
- excess employment — excessive numbers of employees for the amount of work available
- explosion welding — the welding of two parts forced together by a controlled explosion
- explosive forming — a rapid method of forming a metal object in which components are made by subjecting the metal to very high pressures generated by a controlled explosion
- extrasolar planet — any other celestial body revolving around a star, illuminated by light from that star
- factory inspector — a person who inspects factories
- fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
- fictitious person — a legal entity or artificial person, as a corporation.
- first performance — the first time that a play or concert is performed
- fitness programme — a plan to help someone improve their health and physical condition
- flexible response — a military strategy that enables the response to an attack to be adapted to the nature and strength of the attack
- fluorescent strip — a fluorescent light in the form of a long strip
- foolscap envelope — an envelope of dimensions suitable to hold an unfolded sheet of foolscap paper
- foot-pound-second — of or relating to the system of units in which the foot, pound, and second are the principal units of length, mass, and time. Abbreviation: fps, f.p.s.
- forest enterprise — a British government department responsible for maintaining and expanding forests
- frames per second — (unit) (fps) The unit of measurement of the frame rate of a moving image.
- gender expression — the external expression of gender roles, as through socially defined behaviors and ways of dressing.
- get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- get one's wind up — to become (or be) nervous or alarmed
- go to ... expense — If you go to the expense of doing something, you do something which costs a lot of money. If you go to great expense to do something, you spend a lot of money in order to achieve it.
- graduated pension — the money that an employee receives after retirement if they have paid into the graduated pension scheme
- grain of paradise — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
- greensand process — a process for casting iron with sand not previously heated.
- hold one's end up — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.