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17-letter words containing s, i, m, n

  • astronomical year — year (def 4b).
  • automated testing — (testing)   Software testing assisted with software tools that require no operator input, analysis, or evaluation.
  • babi yar symphony — a symphony (1962) by Dimitri Dimitrievich Shostakovich.
  • bathroom fittings — plumbing fixtures or accessories suitable for use in a bathroom
  • before one's time — prematurely
  • benevolent sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
  • benjamin-constant — Henri Benjamin [ahn-ree ban-zha-man] /ɑ̃ˈri bɛ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Benjamin Constant) 1767–1830, French statesman and author, born in Switzerland.
  • beyond comparison — outstanding, without equal
  • bighorn mountains — range of the Rocky Mountains in N Wyo. and S Mont.: highest peak, 13,165 ft (4,013 m)
  • binet-simon scale — a test comprising questions and tasks, used to determine the mental age of subjects, usually children
  • biotransformation — the metabolizing of some substance, esp. a drug, in the body
  • black nationalism — a movement advocating the establishment of a separate black nation within the U.S.
  • bottom-up testing — (programming)   An integration testing technique that tests the low-level components first using test drivers for those components that have not yet been developed to call the low-level components for test. Compare bottom-up implementation.
  • bricks and mortar — You can use bricks and mortar to refer to houses and other buildings, especially when they are considered as an investment.
  • british cameroons — a former British trust territory of West Africa
  • british columbian — of or relating to British Columbia or its inhabitants
  • british-cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
  • browserconfig.xml — (web)   A Microsoft configuration file used to customise the appearance and behaviour of website links pinned to the Windows start screen or desktop taskbar. browserconfig.xml allows the site owner to specify things like badges and tile images.
  • brzesc nad bugiem — Polish name of Brest Litovsk.
  • bushman's singlet — a sleeveless heavy black woollen singlet, used as working clothing by timber fellers
  • business unionism — the trade-union philosophy and activity that concentrates on the improvement of wages, hours, working conditions, etc., rather than on the general reform of the capitalistic system.
  • campus university — a university in which the buildings, often including shops and cafés, are all on one site
  • cariboo mountains — a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 3520 m (11 549 ft)
  • carolina moonseed — a twining woody vine, Cocculus carolinus, of the southeastern U.S., having inconspicuous flowers and showy, red fruit.
  • change one's mind — to alter one's decision or opinion
  • chemiluminescence — the phenomenon in which a chemical reaction leads to the emission of light without incandescence
  • chemoluminescence — (chemistry) The emission of light as the result of a chemical reaction.
  • 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.
  • chicken drumstick — a chicken leg, considered as food
  • chinaman's chance — Older Use: Offensive. a term used to refer to a Chinese person or a person of Chinese descent.
  • chinese vermilion — pimento (def 3).
  • christmas present — a present given at Christmas time, typically on Christmas Day
  • christmas pudding — Christmas pudding is a special pudding that is eaten at Christmas.
  • chugach mountains — a coastal mountain range in S Alaska, extending W from the St. Elias Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Marcus Baker, 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
  • cinisello balsamo — a city in N Italy, near Milan.
  • circumstantiality — the quality of being circumstantial
  • circumstantiating — Present participle of circumstantiate.
  • cistern barometer — a mercury barometer in which the lower mercury surface has a greater area than the upper.
  • clicks and mortar — making use of traditional trading methods in conjunction with internet trading
  • clicks-and-mortar — pertaining to or denoting a company that does business on the Internet and in traditional stores or offices.
  • clumber (spaniel) — a short-legged spaniel with a heavy body and a thick coat of straight, white hair marked with yellow or orange
  • codlins-and-cream — an onagraceous plant, Epilobium hirsutum, native to Europe and Asia and introduced into North America, having purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • combustion engine — any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion.
  • come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • comedie francaise — the French national theatre, founded in Paris in 1680
  • comity of nations — the friendly recognition accorded by one nation to the laws and usages of another
  • commercialisation — Alternative spelling of commercialization.
  • common storksbill — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, having pink or reddish-purple flowers and fruits with a beaklike process
  • communicativeness — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
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