17-letter words containing o, d, n, t, g, e
- methylidyne group — the trivalent group ≡CH.
- mileage indicator — a device on a vehicle such as a car, plane, etc which indicates the number of miles travelled
- 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.
- neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
- nitrogen peroxide — the equilibrium mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide
- north frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- on second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- open-end mortgage — a mortgage agreement against which new sums of money may be borrowed under certain conditions.
- organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
- organized militia — a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.
- overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
- pink-footed goose — a Eurasian goose, Anser brachyrhynchus, having a reddish-brown head, pink legs, and a pink band on its black beak
- 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.
- predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
- prescription drug — medication available only on doctor's instruction
- rattle one's dags — to hurry up
- recreation ground — an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children
- recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
- restraining order — a judicial order to forbid a particular act until a decision is reached on an application for an injunction.
- retarded ignition — late ignition, which may cause the engine to under-perform
- sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
- second generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- second-generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- 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.
- 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
- shetland sheepdog — one of a breed of small sheepdogs resembling a miniature collie, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shooting incident — an incident involving guns
- shouting distance — hailing distance.
- single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
- sound spectrogram — a graphic representation, produced by a sound spectrograph, of the frequency, intensity, duration, and variation with time of the resonance of a sound or series of sounds.
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- south frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- stage-door johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
- take advantage of — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
- take in good part — to respond to (teasing) with good humour
- the old gentleman — a jocular name for Satan
- theodore sturgeon — Theodore (Hamilton) 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- to best advantage — If something is shown to good advantage or to best advantage, it is shown in a way that reveals its best features.
- to the nth degree — If something is done to the nth degree, it is done to an extreme degree.
- tongue-and-groove — the technique of making a joint between two boards by means of a tongue along the edge of one board that fits into a groove along the edge of the other board
- tree of knowledge — the tree whose fruit Adam and Eve tasted in disobedience of God: Gen. 2, 3
- tungsten trioxide — a heavy, canary-yellow, water-insoluble powder, WO 3 , used in the manufacture of tungstates.
- 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)
- wedding reception — party after a marriage
- wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
- white-winged dove — a common dove, Zenaida asiatica, of the southwestern U.S. to Chile.
- wings of the dove — a novel (1902) by Henry James.
- yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today