17-letter words containing o, r, d, i, n, e

neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
niger-kordofanian — a language family comprising Niger-Congo and Kordofanian.
nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
ninety-day wonder — an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, especially after a three-months officers' training course during World War II.
nitrogen peroxide — the equilibrium mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide
non-biodegradable — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
non-consideration — the act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation: I will give your project full consideration.
non-containerized — to package (freight) in uniform, sealed containers for shipment.
non-corresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
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.
north frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
northern studfish — See under studfish.
noun pre-modifier — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
nuclear radiation — Physics. radiation in the form of elementary particles emitted by an atomic nucleus, as alpha rays or gamma rays, produced by decay of radioactive substances or by nuclear fission.
nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
object identifier — (programming) (OID) Generally an implementation-specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object.
odds-on favourite — a person, team, horse, etc that is regarded as the most likely to win a competition
old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
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".
online dictionary — a dictionary that is available on the Internet or World Wide Web and accessed through a Web browser using a computer or a mobile device, primarily by typing a query term into a search box on the site. Online dictionaries like Dictionary.com offer immediate, direct access through large databases to a word's spelling and meanings, plus a host of ancillary information, including its variant spellings, pronunciation, inflected forms, origin, and derived forms, as well as supplementary notes on matters of interest or concern about how the word is used: Some people think online dictionaries will make print dictionaries obsolete.
order of business — a task assigned or to be dealt with: Our first order of business is to reduce expenses.
organized ferment — ferment (def 1).
organized militia — a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.
overdetermination — the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.
overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
oyer and terminer — (in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts.
peridot of ceylon — a honey-colored tourmaline, used as a gem: not a true peridot.
period-revolution — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
periodic function — a function of a real or complex variable that is periodic.
periodic sentence — a sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense, as in Unable to join the others at the dance because of my sprained ankle, I went to a movie.
personal distance — personal space.
perth and kinross — a council area of N central Scotland, corresponding mainly to the historical counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire: part of Tayside Region from 1975 until 1996: chiefly mountainous, with agriculture, tourism, and forestry. Administrative centre: Perth. Pop: 135 990 (2003 est). Area: 5321 sq km (2019 sq miles)
phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
pietro da cortona — Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
platinic chloride — chloroplatinic acid.
pocket dictionary — a small portable dictionary
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)
police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
post-and-rail tea — (in the 19th century) a coarse tea in which floating particles resembled a post-and-rail fence
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.
potential divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
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
presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
primary dentition — the deciduous dentition
primary education — junior, elementary schooling

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