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17-letter words containing n, u, l, i, f, a

  • low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • magnesium sulfate — a white, water-soluble salt, MgSO 4 , used chiefly in medicine and in the processing of leather and textiles.
  • manufacturability — The condition of being manufacturable.
  • newfoundland time — a form of civil time observed on the island of Newfoundland, one and one-half hours later than Eastern time and a half hour later than Atlantic time.
  • pre-qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
  • professional foul — In football, if a player commits a professional foul, they deliberately do something which is against the rules in order to prevent another player from scoring a goal.
  • 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.
  • rational function — a function that can be written as the quotient of two polynomials with integral coefficients.
  • recursion formula — a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms.
  • 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
  • reflection nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that reflects the light of neighboring stars.
  • 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.
  • return of capital — A return of capital is a situation in which you receive back money that was previously invested.
  • road-fund licence — a licence showing that the tax payable in respect of a motor vehicle has been paid
  • russian wolfhound — borzoi.
  • self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
  • self-purification — a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
  • silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
  • sinus of valsalva — any of the pouches of the aorta and the pulmonary artery opposite the flaps of the semilunar valves into which blood returning to the heart flows, closing the valves.
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • spanish influenza — the pandemic respiratory infection that spread throughout the world during 1917–18.
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • stannous fluoride — a white, crystalline powder, SnF 2 , slightly soluble in water: used as a source of fluorine in the prevention of dental caries, especially as a toothpaste additive.
  • the final curtain — the closing of the curtain at the end of the action of a play
  • the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • unclassified road — a road that has not been given a grade because it is of a basic standard
  • unlawful wounding — an offence committed when a person maliciously wounds another person
  • unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
  • unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • vanilla-flavoured — having been flavoured with vanilla extract or essence
  • vibrofluidization — Vibrofluidization is when vibration is used to make particles move in a fluidized bed.
  • wallis and futuna — French overseas territory in the South Pacific, northeast of the Fiji Islands: it consists of two groups of islands (Wallis Islands and Futuna Islands): c. 106 sq mi (275 sq km); pop. 14,000
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