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17-letter words containing o, s, a, g, e

  • nonteaching staff — employees within an academic or vocational environment whose jobs do not involve teaching
  • northeast passage — a ship route along the N coast of Europe and Asia, between the North Sea and the Pacific.
  • northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
  • nothing less than — You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
  • old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
  • on a razor's edge — in an acute dilemma
  • on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • on-street parking — parking (of a car, vehicle, etc) that is or is allowed to be done on a street
  • opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
  • orange free state — a province in central Republic of South Africa: a Boer republic 1854–1900; a British colony (Orange River Colony, ) 1900–10. 49,647 sq. mi. (128,586 sq. km). Capital: Bloemfontein.
  • organ-pipe cactus — a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.
  • organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
  • orifice discharge — Orifice discharge is a model for calculating how quickly a fluid will come out of a punctured vessel or pipe.
  • osculating circle — circle of curvature.
  • oversquare engine — An oversquare engine is an engine which has a cylinder bore that is larger than its stroke.
  • passenger station — a station used by passengers
  • pastoral theology — the branch of theology dealing with the responsibilities of members of the clergy to the people under their care.
  • pate de foie gras — See under foie gras.
  • performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
  • persona non grata — a person who is not welcome: He has become persona non grata in our club since his angry outburst.
  • personnel manager — head of Human Resources department
  • pillion passenger — a person who travels in a seat or place behind the rider of a motorcycle, scooter, horse, etc
  • poor man's orange — a grapefruit
  • portuguese guinea — former name of Guinea-Bissau.
  • postage due stamp — a stamp that is affixed to mail at a post office when prepayment of postage is insufficient, to indicate the amount that must be collected from the addressee.
  • 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.
  • pre-investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
  • precision casting — investment casting.
  • program statement — a single instruction in a computer program
  • progressive party — a political party formed in 1912 under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, advocating popular control of government, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, woman suffrage, etc.
  • prolonged-release — A prolonged-release drug delivers a dose of a medication over an extended period of time.
  • pseudo-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
  • pseudo-biological — pertaining to biology.
  • pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
  • pythagorean scale — the major scale as derived acoustically by Pythagoras from the perfect fifth.
  • rattle one's dags — to hurry up
  • request programme — a programme on the radio where listeners can request certain songs or tracks
  • restraining order — a judicial order to forbid a particular act until a decision is reached on an application for an injunction.
  • rio grande do sul — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
  • salt negotiations — international diplomatic discussions carried out in connection with SALT
  • sandringham house — a residence of the royal family, in Sandringham, a village in E England, in Norfolk near the E shore of the Wash
  • sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
  • saxe-coburg-gotha — a member of the present British royal family, from the establishment of the house in 1901 until 1917 when the family name was changed to Windsor.
  • sea grant college — a college or university doing research on marine resources under the U.S. National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966.
  • 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.
  • secondary glazing — insulation by means of a second pane of glass, or a sheet of plastic: a simple form of double glazing
  • secondary sealing — Secondary sealing is a system of wiper seals used in floating roof tanks.
  • secondary winding — A secondary winding is the winding of a transformer that receives its energy by electromagnetic induction from the primary winding.
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