17-letter words containing s, h, o, g, l, e
- loose-joint hinge — a hinge having a knuckle formed from half of each flap, and with the upper half removable from the pin.
- lose the exchange — to lose a rook in return for a bishop or knight
- make light of sth — If you make light of something, you treat it as though it is not serious or important, when in fact it is.
- mystical theology — the branch of theology dealing with mysticism and mystical experiences.
- neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
- nothing less than — You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
- pastoral theology — the branch of theology dealing with the responsibilities of members of the clergy to the people under their care.
- philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- positive theology — a theological approach or tradition in which the nature of God is thought to be knowable and is understood through positive statements. See also cataphasis (def 2).
- pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- put on the gloves — to box
- pythagorean scale — the major scale as derived acoustically by Pythagoras from the perfect fifth.
- semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- sheepswool sponge — wool sponge.
- sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
- shetland sheepdog — one of a breed of small sheepdogs resembling a miniature collie, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shit on a shingle — creamed chipped beef or ground beef in a sauce, served on toast.
- shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
- smarandache logic — neutrosophic logic
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
- special schooling — the system of educating children with special needs in schools designed to meet their needs
- spectroheliograph — an apparatus for making photographs of the sun with a monochromatic light to show the details of the sun's surface and surroundings as they would appear if the sun emitted only that light.
- spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
- stereolithography — a process for creating three-dimensional objects using a computer-controlled laser to build up the required structure, layer by layer, from a liquid photopolymer that solidifies.
- swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
- synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
- teachers' college — a college, usually having a four-year curriculum and granting a bachelor's degree, for training teachers for elementary and secondary schools
- teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
- teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
- teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
- telephone message — a message that is transmitted by telephone
- television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
- the good old days — When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
- the lower regions — hell
- the major leagues — the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League
- the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
- thomson's gazelle — a medium-sized antelope, Gazella thomsoni, abundant on the grassy steppes and dry bush of the East African plains.
- to the lighthouse — a novel (1927) by Virginia Woolf.
- turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
- veiltail goldfish — an artificially bred, indoor variety of goldfish, usually golden or calico and of a spheroid shape, having a fully divided, drooping tail fin exceeding the body in length.
- walk on eggshells — to be very cautious or diplomatic for fear of upsetting someone
- windowglass shell — capiz.
- zola technologies — (company) Producers of the Z simulation language.