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17-letter words containing o, s, i, c, l, e

  • abstract of title — a summary of the ownership of land, showing the original grant, conveyances, and any incumbrances
  • access television — television programmes made by the general public as distinguished from those made by professional broadcasters
  • accessory mineral — See at accessory (def 7).
  • acoustoelectronic — denoting a device in which electronic signals are converted into acoustic waves, esp in delay lines, etc
  • adverse selection — Adverse selection is a term used to describe the tendency of those in dangerous jobs or with high-risk lifestyles to want to take out life insurance.
  • against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
  • anabolic steroids — a synthetic derivative of testosterone, sometimes used by athletes to help increase weight and strength.
  • ancienne noblesse — the ancient nobility, especially of the ancien régime.
  • apostolic fathers — the Fathers of the early Church who immediately followed the Apostles
  • aristolochiaceous — belonging to the Aristolochiaceae, the birthwort family of plants.
  • artificial person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
  • assessable income — the portion of one's income that is subject to tax
  • astral projection — the departure of the astral body from the physical body, in order to travel to the astral plane
  • astronomical year — year (def 4b).
  • australopithecine — any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old
  • back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
  • bacon's rebellion — an unsuccessful uprising by frontiersmen in Virginia in 1676, led by Nathaniel Bacon against the colonial government in Jamestown.
  • betagalactosidase — any of a family of enzymes capable of liberating galactose from carbohydrates.
  • bicycle motocross — a bicycle race over a rough cross-country course, usually consisting of jumps, obstacles, and turns. Abbreviation: BMX.
  • binet-simon scale — a test comprising questions and tasks, used to determine the mental age of subjects, usually children
  • bioelectrogenesis — the production of electricity by organisms.
  • biological shield — a protective shield impervious to radiation, esp the thick concrete wall surrounding the core of a nuclear reactor
  • black-box testing — functional testing
  • bowel obstruction — a blockage in the bowel
  • browserconfig.xml — (web)   A Microsoft configuration file used to customise the appearance and behaviour of website links pinned to the Windows start screen or desktop taskbar. browserconfig.xml allows the site owner to specify things like badges and tile images.
  • buttonhole stitch — a reinforcing looped stitch for the edge of material, such as around a buttonhole
  • café-au-lait spot — a brown patch on the skin that can occur normally in small numbers or in neurofibromatosis, when they are more numerous
  • calcium phosphate — the insoluble nonacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid (phosphoric(V) acid): it occurs in bones and is the main constituent of bone ash. Formula: Ca3(PO4)2
  • calorie-conscious — aware of the calorie content of one's diet
  • carbon disulphide — a colourless slightly soluble volatile flammable poisonous liquid commonly having a disagreeable odour due to the presence of impurities: used as an organic solvent and in the manufacture of rayon and carbon tetrachloride. Formula: CS2
  • cardiac glycoside — any of a group of drugs used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure, obtained from a number of plants, as the foxglove, squill, or yellow oleander.
  • cardinal grosbeak — any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
  • carlos de austriaDon [dawn] /dɔn/ (Show IPA), 1545–68, eldest son of Philip II of Spain: died during imprisonment for conspiracy against his father.
  • carolina allspice — any of a genus (Calycanthus) of hardy shrubs (family Calycanthaceae) of a dicotyledonous order (Laurales) of plants, bearing reddish-brown, sweet-smelling flowers
  • carolina moonseed — a twining woody vine, Cocculus carolinus, of the southeastern U.S., having inconspicuous flowers and showy, red fruit.
  • cat-o'-nine-tails — a rope whip consisting of nine knotted thongs, used formerly to flog prisoners
  • catholic epistles — the epistles of James, I and II Peter, I John, and Jude, which were addressed to the universal Church rather than to an individual or a particular church
  • celestial equator — the great circle lying on the celestial sphere, the plane of which is perpendicular to the line joining the north and south celestial poles
  • celestial horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
  • cellulose nitrate — a compound made by treating cellulose with nitric and sulphuric acids, used in plastics, lacquers, and explosives: a nitrogen-containing ester of cellulose
  • cellulose varnish — a varnish made from cellulose nitrate, used as a protective sealing film
  • centi-call second — (spelling)   No, it's centum call second.
  • checkable deposit — a checking account
  • chelsea pensioner — an old ex-soldier resident in the Chelsea Royal Hospital
  • chemoluminescence — (chemistry) The emission of light as the result of a chemical reaction.
  • chinese vermilion — pimento (def 3).
  • chocolate biscuit — a biscuit covered with chocolate
  • chocolate soldier — a person who mistakenly believes that he or she is very powerful, important, or impressive
  • cholecystectomies — Plural form of cholecystectomy.

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