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17-letter words containing s, e, l, f, u

  • infinitive clause — a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.
  • instrument flying — the control and navigation of an aircraft by reference to its gauges, with no or only limited visual reference outside the cockpit.
  • island of the sun — Sicily: the island where Helius kept his oxen.
  • it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
  • knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
  • lady of the house — the female head of a household (usually preceded by the).
  • lance of courtesy — a lance having a blunt head to prevent serious injury by a jouster to an opponent.
  • language transfer — transfer (def 20).
  • league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
  • letter of request — a letter sent from a court to a foreign court requesting judicial assistance
  • letters of marque — a former government document authorizing an individual to make reprisals on the subjects of an enemy nation, specif. to arm a ship and capture enemy merchant ships and cargo
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • magnesium sulfate — a white, water-soluble salt, MgSO 4 , used chiefly in medicine and in the processing of leather and textiles.
  • make the dust fly — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
  • manganese sulfate — a pink, water-soluble, usually tetrahydrate salt, MnSO 4 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly in fertilizers, paints, and varnishes.
  • metallofullerenes — Plural form of metallofullerene.
  • out of all reason — unreasonable
  • phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
  • pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
  • plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
  • plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
  • potassium sulfate — a crystalline, water-soluble solid, K 2 SO 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers, alums, and mineral water, and as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
  • professional foul — In football, if a player commits a professional foul, they deliberately do something which is against the rules in order to prevent another player from scoring a goal.
  • purple of cassius — a purple pigment precipitated as a sol by the interaction of gold chloride and a solution of stannic acid and stannous chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of ruby glass, ceramic glazes, and enamels.
  • qualified success — If you describe something as a qualified success, you mean that it is only partly successful.
  • recursion formula — a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms.
  • refuse a proposal — If an insurer refuses a proposal, it does not agree to underwrite a risk proposed by a potential client.
  • refuse collection — the collection of rubbish and waste, usually in a rubbish or refuse truck, before final disposal
  • san andreas fault — an active strike-slip fault in W United States, extending from San Francisco to S California and forming the on-land portion of the western margin of the North American Plate.
  • self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
  • self-introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
  • self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
  • self-priming pump — A self-priming pump is a pump that will clear its passages of air and start pumping.
  • self-purification — a natural process of purifying, as the ability of a body of water to rid itself of pollutants.
  • self-renunciation — renunciation of one's own will, interests, etc.
  • self-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • self-rising flour — Self-rising flour is flour that makes cakes rise when they are cooked because it has chemicals added to it.
  • separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
  • sexual preference — Someone's sexual preference is the same as their sexual orientation.
  • silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • spanish influenza — the pandemic respiratory infection that spread throughout the world during 1917–18.
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • speech difficulty — a problem encountered in speaking
  • stannous fluoride — a white, crystalline powder, SnF 2 , slightly soluble in water: used as a source of fluorine in the prevention of dental caries, especially as a toothpaste additive.
  • star-of-jerusalem — meadow salsify.
  • statue of liberty — a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
  • strike-slip fault — a geological fault on which the movement is along the strike of the fault
  • sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
  • sulfurated potash — a yellowish-brown mixture consisting mainly of potassium polysulfides and potassium thiosulfate, used in treating mange.
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