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

institutionalised — to make institutional.
institutionalized — to make institutional.
integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
lady of the house — the female head of a household (usually preceded by the).
lagrange's method — a procedure for finding maximum and minimum values of a function of several variables when the variables are restricted by additional conditions.
lake of the woods — Eldrick [el-drik] /ˈɛl drɪk/ (Show IPA), ("Tiger") born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
lambdoidal suture — the lambda-shaped seam or line of joining between the occipital and two parietal bones at the back part of the skull.
least fixed point — (mathematics) A function f may have many fixed points (x such that f x = x). For example, any value is a fixed point of the identity function, (\ x . x). If f is recursive, we can represent it as f = fix F where F is some higher-order function and fix F = F (fix F). The standard denotational semantics of f is then given by the least fixed point of F. This is the least upper bound of the infinite sequence (the ascending Kleene chain) obtained by repeatedly applying F to the totally undefined value, bottom. I.e. fix F = LUB {bottom, F bottom, F (F bottom), ...}. The least fixed point is guaranteed to exist for a continuous function over a cpo.
least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
legal aid society — an organization providing free legal guidance and service to persons who cannot afford a lawyer.
lepidopterologist — One who studies lepidopterology.
liberal democrats — (in Britain) a political party with centrist policies; established in 1988 as the Social and Liberal Democrats when the Liberal Party merged with the Social Democratic Party; renamed Liberal Democrats in 1989
livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
lobster thermidor — a dish of cooked lobster meat placed back in the shell with a cream sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and melted butter, and browned in the oven.
lord of the flies — a novel (1954) by William Golding.
lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
maintained school — a school financially supported by the state
medium close shot — a shot taken fairly close to the subject, but not as close as a close-up
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
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.
new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
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
personal distance — personal space.
polar coordinates — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
post-and-rail tea — (in the 19th century) a coarse tea in which floating particles resembled a post-and-rail fence
post-depositional — removal from an office or position.
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.
production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
pseudo-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
pseudo-moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
put on a pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
rattle one's dags — to hurry up
reduce to silence — If someone or something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
rhode island bent — a European pasture grass, Agrostis tenuis, naturalized in North America, having red flower clusters.
sandro botticelli — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
schmidt telescope — a wide-angle reflecting telescope used primarily for astronomical photography, in which spherical aberration and coma are reduced to a minimum by means of a spherical mirror with a corrector plate near its focus.
school attendance — a measure of the number of children who attend school and the amount of time they are present
sea-island cotton — a long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies.

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