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17-letter words containing s, i, g, h, t

  • integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
  • khingan mountains — a mountain system of NE China, in W Manchuria. Highest peak: 2034 m (6673 ft)
  • kinesthesiologist — Someone who practices kinesthesiology.
  • langerhans islets — islets of Langerhans
  • langmuir isotherm — A Langmuir isotherm is a classical relationship between the concentrations of a solid and a fluid, used to describe a state of no change in the sorption process.
  • let something rip — If you let something rip, you do it as quickly or as forcefully as possible. You can say 'let it rip' or 'let her rip' to someone when you want them to make a vehicle go as fast as it possibly can.
  • light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
  • lighthouse keeper — a person who mans a lighthouse and makes sure that the light is working properly
  • lithostratigraphy — the study or character of stratified rocks based solely on their physical and petrographic features.
  • loose-joint hinge — a hinge having a knuckle formed from half of each flap, and with the upper half removable from the pin.
  • 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.
  • make something of — to find a use for
  • massage therapist — sb who gives body rubs
  • may/might as well — If you say that you might as well do something, or that you may as well do it, you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly unwilling to do it.
  • merchant shipping — shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, etc)
  • message switching — store and forward
  • mischaracterizing — Present participle of mischaracterize.
  • montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
  • myasthenia gravis — a disease of impaired transmission of motor nerve impulses, characterized by episodic muscle weakness and easy fatigability, especially of the face, tongue, neck, and respiratory muscles: caused by autoimmune destruction of acetylcholine receptors. Abbreviation: MG.
  • mystical theology — the branch of theology dealing with mysticism and mystical experiences.
  • navigation lights — lights on an aircraft
  • neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
  • nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
  • nonteaching staff — employees within an academic or vocational environment whose jobs do not involve teaching
  • northern kingfish — a croaker, Menticirrhus saxatilis, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
  • nothing less than — You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • one-stop shopping — the provision of everything that a customer or client might require in one place
  • organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
  • overnight success — sth or sb suddenly popular
  • partially sighted — unable to see properly so that even with corrective aids normal activities are prevented or seriously hindered
  • physical training — fitness coaching
  • 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).
  • positive thinking — an optimistic attitude
  • psychodiagnostics — the study and evaluation of character or personality in terms of behavioral and anatomical traits, as gesture, posture and physiognomy.
  • psycholinguistics — the study of the relationship between language and the cognitive or behavioral characteristics of those who use it.
  • pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • reverse lightning — a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.
  • right parenthesis — (character)   ")". ASCII character 41. Common names: right paren; right parenthesis; right; close; thesis ("(" = paren); close paren; close parenthesis; right parenthesis; right banana. Rare: already ("(" = so); rparen; ITU-T: closing parenthesis; close round bracket, right round bracket, INTERCAL: wane ("(" = wax); unparenthisey ("(" = parenthisey); right ear. Paired with left parenthesis.
  • scarlet lightning — scarlet lychnis.
  • schiff-s--reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • see someone right — to ensure fair treatment of (someone)
  • 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
  • shipping articles — articles of agreement.
  • shipping industry — the industry concerned with transporting freight, esp by ship
  • 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.
  • shooting incident — an incident involving guns
  • shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
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