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17-letter words containing s, h, i, r, t, l

  • a christmas carol — a story (1843) by Dickens.
  • aftershave lotion — a lotion, usually styptic and perfumed, for application to the face after shaving
  • agricultural show — a display of agricultural equipment and livestock, often including competitions, entertainment, and a trade fair
  • all the trimmings — If you say that something comes with all the trimmings, you mean that it has many extra things added to it to make it more special.
  • allergic rhinitis — a condition characterized by head congestion, sneezing, tearing, and swelling of the nasal mucous membranes, caused by an allergic reaction.
  • anachronistically — In an anachronistic manner; in the manner of an anachronism.
  • anthracosilicosis — a form of pneumoconiosis occurring in miners, caused by the inhalation of coal and siliceous particles.
  • apostolic fathers — the Fathers of the early Church who immediately followed the Apostles
  • architect's table — a table having a surface consisting of a drawing board adjustable to various heights and angles.
  • aristolochiaceous — belonging to the Aristolochiaceae, the birthwort family of plants.
  • arlington heights — village in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 76,000
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • bartholin's gland — either of two small glands near the vaginal opening: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous lubricating substance
  • bell-hanger's bit — a bit for drilling small holes through studs or the like.
  • belted kingfisher — a grayish-blue, North American kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, having a white breast marked with a grayish-blue band.
  • british columbian — of or relating to British Columbia or its inhabitants
  • british israelite — a member of a religious movement claiming that the British people are descended from the lost tribes of Israel
  • castle in the air — a hope or desire unlikely to be realized; daydream
  • celestial horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
  • chiltern hundreds — (in Britain) short for Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; a nominal office that an MP applies for in order to resign his seat
  • china grass cloth — grass cloth.
  • chocolate soldier — a person who mistakenly believes that he or she is very powerful, important, or impressive
  • chromolithographs — Plural form of chromolithograph.
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • civil partnership — A civil partnership is a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that is similar to marriage.
  • close parenthesis — right parenthesis
  • colloid chemistry — the study of colloids.
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • courtship display — behaviour that is aimed at attracting a mate
  • cytotrophoblastic — Relating to, or containing, cytotrophoblasts.
  • debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
  • deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
  • dephosphorylation — the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound, as in the changing of ATP to ADP.
  • designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
  • desktop publisher — desktop publishing
  • dielectrophoresis — Dielectrophoresis is the movement of uncharged particles (= ones with no electrical charge) when a changing electric field is applied.
  • digital dashboard — (software)   A personalised desktop portal that focuses on business intelligence and knowledge management.
  • dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
  • electric strength — the maximum voltage sustainable by an insulating material, after which it loses its insulating properties
  • electroanesthesia — Anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
  • electrophysiology — The branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
  • english breakfast — An English breakfast is a breakfast consisting of cooked food such as bacon, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes. It also includes toast and tea or coffee.
  • ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
  • first call on sth — If you have first call on something, you will be asked before anyone else whether you want to buy or use it.
  • flight instrument — any instrument used to indicate the altitude, attitude, airspeed, drift, or direction of an aircraft.
  • florentine stitch — a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
  • fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
  • furbish lousewort — any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort) of parts of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, having finely toothed leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers, is endangered and was thought to be extinct until specimens were discovered in 1946 and again in 1976.

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