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17-letter words containing r, e, s, o, u, n

  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
  • tertiary consumer — a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the upper regions — the sky; heavens
  • theodore sturgeon — Theodore (Hamilton) 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
  • theory of numbers — number theory.
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • thread escutcheon — a raised metal rim around a keyhole.
  • thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
  • to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
  • to open your eyes — If something opens your eyes, it makes you aware that something is different from the way that you thought it was.
  • to risk your neck — If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.
  • to run its course — If something runs its course or takes its course, it develops naturally and comes to a natural end.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • tourette syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.
  • transfer function — The transfer function of a circuit is the ratio of the response to the input.
  • triboluminescence — luminescence produced by friction, usually within a crystalline substance.
  • tungsten trioxide — a heavy, canary-yellow, water-insoluble powder, WO 3 , used in the manufacture of tungstates.
  • turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
  • turn of the screw — a short novel (1898) by Henry James.
  • turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
  • turner's syndrome — an abnormal congenital condition resulting from a defect on or absence of the second sex chromosome, characterized by retarded growth of the gonads.
  • twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four hours — the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; a whole day
  • twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • ultraconservative — extremely conservative, especially in politics.
  • unclassified road — a road that has not been given a grade because it is of a basic standard
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • uncooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • under the sign of — during that portion of the year when the sun is passing through and thus subject to the influence of (a specified sign of the zodiac)
  • undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • unity of interest — the equal interest in property held by joint tenants
  • unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
  • unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • unrealized losses — Unrealized losses are losses from the decrease in value of an asset that you still own.
  • unreconstructible — not capable of being reconstructed.
  • urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • weston-super-mare — a town and resort in SW England, in North Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the Bristol Channel. Pop: 78 044 (2001)
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
  • year of confusion — (in ancient Rome) the year of 445 days preceding the introduction, in 46 b.c., of the Julian calendar: lengthened to compensate for the cumulative errors of the Roman calendar.
  • yellow journalism — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
  • 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.
  • zero-coupon bonds — Zero-coupon bonds are bonds with no coupons that do not pay interest, and are sold at a large discount from their face value.
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