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17-letter words containing s, h, i, t, o, n

  • congestion charge — Congestion charges refer to money motorists must pay in order to drive in some city centres. Congestion charges are intended to reduce traffic within those areas.
  • connecticut chest — a chest made in Connecticut in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, having three front panels of which the center panel has a conventional sunflower design in low relief and the end panels have tulip designs.
  • conscript fathers — august legislators, esp Roman senators
  • conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
  • continental shelf — The continental shelf is the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.
  • contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
  • correspondentship — The role or status of correspondent.
  • cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
  • cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
  • damon and pythias — two friends noted for their mutual loyalty. Damon offered himself as a hostage for Pythias, who was to be executed for treason by Dionysius of Syracuse. When Pythias returned to save his friend's life, he was pardoned
  • dehistoricization — The process or result of dehistoricizing.
  • dehospitalization — hospitalization insurance.
  • dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
  • 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.
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • desynchronisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of desynchronization.
  • desynchronization — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • down in the dumps — If you are down in the dumps, you are feeling very depressed and miserable.
  • drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
  • eastern townships — an area of central Canada, in S Quebec: consists of 11 townships south of the St Lawrence
  • electroanesthesia — Anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
  • encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
  • establishing shot — Cinema
  • ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
  • ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
  • exhaust emissions — Exhaust emissions are substances that come out of an exhaust system into the atmosphere.
  • 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.
  • fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
  • 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
  • george washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • get in one's hair — to annoy one
  • glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
  • go out of fashion — be dated
  • go without saying — something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
  • going to the dogs — If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality.
  • haematocrystallin — Alternative form of hematocrystallin.
  • haitian solenodon — a rare shrewlike nocturnal mammal of the Caribbean, Solenodon paradoxus, having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
  • have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
  • high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • holistic medicine — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
  • home improvements — improvements to one's home, such as new kitchens and bathrooms, central heating etc
  • homeland security — national defence
  • homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
  • homolytic fission — the dissociation of a molecule into two neutral fragments
  • hope against hope — the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
  • hornblende schist — a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.
  • hospital gangrene — Pathology. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, especially involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill-kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria.
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