17-letter words containing o, d, e, t, s

make inroads into — to start to use up the supply of something
mean piston speed — The mean piston speed is the distance traveled by a piston in a specified amount of time.
meat and potatoes — If you refer to the meat and potatoes of something, you mean its most basic, simple, and essential parts.
meat-and-potatoes — fundamental; down-to-earth; basic: What are the meat-and-potatoes issues of the election?
medium close shot — a shot taken fairly close to the subject, but not as close as a close-up
memoised function — memo function
mexican stand-off — A Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first.
microdensitometer — a densitometer for measuring the density of minute areas of photographic negatives.
microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
midterm elections — elections held halfway through the term of office of a president during which governors, etc, but not a president, are elected
minas de riotinto — a town in SW Spain: copper mines.
misidentification — to identify incorrectly.
mode of transport — means of travel
modest mussorgski — Modest Petrovich [moh-dest pi-troh-vich;; Russian muh-dyest pyi-traw-vyich] /moʊˈdɛst pɪˈtroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian mʌˈdyɛst pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich.
mom and pop store — a small retail business, typically family-operated
montessori method — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
most well studied — marked by or suggestive of conscious effort; not spontaneous or natural; affected: studied simplicity.
movable-do system — a system of solmization in which the syllable do can be transposed to the tonic of any key.
multitudinousness — The state or condition of being multitudinous.
mundane astrology — the astrology of worldly events, in contrast to the astrology of the individual: used especially in interpretations and forecasts involving politics, the stock market, weather, and disasters.
neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
non-demonstrative — characterized by or given to open exhibition or expression of one's emotions, attitudes, etc., especially of love or affection: She wished her fiancé were more demonstrative.
non-discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
northern studfish — See under studfish.
not one to do sth — If you say that someone is not one to do something, you think that it is very unlikely that they would do it because it is not their normal behaviour.
not one's idea of — not what one regards as (hard work, a holiday, etc)
nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
of the old school — If you approve of someone because they have good qualities that used to be more common in the past, you can describe them as one of the old school.
old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
old red sandstone — a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period
on one's deathbed — about to die
on one's doorstep — very close or accessible
on second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
on the debit side — the debit side of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects
on the heavy side — tending to be too heavy
one of these days — at some future time
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
out of one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
out of one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
outside broadcast — An outside broadcast is a radio or television programme that is not recorded or filmed in a studio, but in another building or in the open air.
overhead camshaft — a camshaft in an automotive engine that is located in the cylinder head over the engine block rather than in the block. Abbreviation: OHC.

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