17-letter words containing p, y, o, d, e, r
- pterygoid process — either of two long bony plates extending downwards from each side of the sphenoid bone within the skull
- pull your head in — be quiet!
- 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.
- radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
- refractory period — a short period after a nerve or muscle cell fires during which the cell cannot respond to additional stimulation.
- secondary process — the conscious mental activity and logical thinking controlled by the ego and influenced by environmental demands.
- secondary product — a product that is not the main product of an industry; a by-product
- sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
- spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
- superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
- superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- supervisory board — a board of management of which nonmanagerial workers are members, having supervisory powers over some aspects of management decision-making
- synchronous speed — the speed at which an alternating-current machine must operate to generate electromotive force at a given frequency.
- the lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
- the penny dropped — If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something.
- the underemployed — underemployed people
- thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- to keep your head — If you keep your head, you remain calm in a difficult situation. If you lose your head, you panic or do not remain calm in a difficult situation.
- to open your mind — If something opens your mind to new ideas or experiences, it makes you more willing to accept them or try them.
- tolpuddle martyrs — six farm workers sentenced to transportation for seven years in 1834 for administering an unlawful oath to form a trade union in the village of Tolpuddle, Dorset
- uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- video disk player — a device that reads the information on a video disc
- yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.