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17-letter words containing r, o, s, e, l

  • natural-resources — a naturally occurring source of wealth, as land or water.
  • naval observatory — an astronomical observatory located in Washington, D.C., operated by the U.S. government, and responsible for the U.S. time service.
  • neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
  • new orleans style — a style of jazz developed in New Orleans early in the 20th century, influenced by blues, ragtime, marching band music, and minstrelsy and marked by polyphonic group improvisation.
  • new scotland yard — See under Scotland Yard (def 1).
  • non-controversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • non-materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
  • non-stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • nonunderstandable — Not understandable.
  • nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
  • north lanarkshire — a council area of central Scotland: consists mainly of the NE part of the historical county of Lanarkshire; formerly (1974–96) part of Strathclyde Region: engineering and metalworking industries. Administrative centre: Motherwell. Pop: 321 820 (2003 est). Area: 1771 sq km (684 sq miles)
  • not spare oneself — to exert oneself to the full
  • nuclear isomerism — isomerism (def 2).
  • nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
  • nuclear-isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
  • off one's trolley — trolley car.
  • old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
  • old red sandstone — a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period
  • old wives' summer — a period of fine, summerlike weather occurring in Europe in autumn.
  • omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
  • on cruise control — If you say that someone is on cruise control in a contest, you mean that they are winning the contest easily and without needing to make a lot of effort.
  • operation sealion — the codename for Hitler's proposed invasion (1940) of Great Britain
  • optical isomerism — stereoisomerism in which the isomers are identical in molecular weight and most chemical and physical properties but differ in their effect on the rotation of polarized light.
  • osculating circle — circle of curvature.
  • out of all reason — unreasonable
  • overreach oneself — to fail because of trying to do more than one can
  • oystershell scale — a scale insect, Lepidosaphes ulmi, having a scale shaped like the shell of an oyster, which infests various deciduous trees and shrubs.
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • paleoconservative — a person advocating an older, traditional type of conservatism, especially in politics.
  • paradoxical sleep — REM sleep.
  • parker house roll — a soft dinner roll made by folding a flat disk of dough in half.
  • parts per million — the number of units (of a substance) present in a million units of another substance
  • pastoral theology — the branch of theology dealing with the responsibilities of members of the clergy to the people under their care.
  • peloponnesian war — a war between Athens and Sparta, 431–404 b.c., that resulted in the transfer of hegemony in Greece from Athens to Sparta.
  • percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
  • peripheral vision — all that is visible to the eye outside the central area of focus; side vision.
  • personal computer — a compact computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for individual use, as by a person in an office or at home or school, for such applications as word processing, data management, financial analysis, or computer games. Abbreviation: PC.
  • personal distance — personal space.
  • personal equation — the tendency to personal bias that accounts for variation in interpretation or approach and for which allowance must be made.
  • personal property — an estate or property consisting of movable articles both corporeal, as furniture or jewelry, or incorporeal, as stocks or bonds (distinguished from real property).
  • personality clash — friction between two people who have different personalities or points of view
  • personnel carrier — a vehicle used for transporting troops
  • personnel manager — head of Human Resources department
  • personnel officer — a worker responsible for recruiting employees and dealing with matters relating to them
  • peterloo massacre — an incident at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, in 1819 in which a radical meeting was broken up by a cavalry charge, resulting in about 500 injuries and 11 deaths
  • philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
  • phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
  • pillion passenger — a person who travels in a seat or place behind the rider of a motorcycle, scooter, horse, etc
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