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

  • chest compression — Chest compression is the act of applying pressure to someone's chest in order to help blood flow through the heart in an emergency situation.
  • chinese artichoke — a hairy plant, Stachys affinis, of China and Japan, having numerous small, white, edible tubers.
  • choanoflagellates — Plural form of choanoflagellate.
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • close parenthesis — right parenthesis
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • close the door on — rule out, exclude
  • close to the bone — If something is too close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something.
  • close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • concurrent scheme — (language)   A parallel Lisp, for the Mayfly by M. Swanson .
  • 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.
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
  • 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.
  • correspondentship — The role or status of correspondent.
  • counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
  • cross one's heart — to promise or pledge, esp by making the sign of a cross over one's heart
  • 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.
  • d-shell connector — (hardware)   One of the family of connectors: DA-15, DB-25, DC-37, DD-50, DE-9, and DEH-15 [VGA]. The "D" is the shape of the shell, the next letter determines connector size, and the number is the maximum pin count.
  • 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.
  • down-at-the-heels — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
  • drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
  • eastern orthodoxy — the faith, practice, membership, and government of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
  • eastern townships — an area of central Canada, in S Quebec: consists of 11 townships south of the St Lawrence
  • edgar watson howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
  • electroanesthesia — Anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
  • elementary school — primary school
  • encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
  • ends of the earth — remote regions
  • 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.
  • 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
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