17-letter words containing s, p, a, t

least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
level compensator — an automatic gain control device used in the receivers of telegraphic circuits.
lithostratigraphy — the study or character of stratified rocks based solely on their physical and petrographic features.
load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
loco supra citato — l.s.c.
lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
maintainer script — (Debian) One of the scripts (preinst, prerm, postinst, postrm) that may be included in a Debian binary package. These scripts may create and/or remove symlinks, files or directories that, for some reason, could not be done directly by dpkg. Maintainer scripts frequently create or update the symlinks in the /etc/rc?.d directories and start, stop, or restart daemons.
mass spectrograph — a mass spectroscope for recording a mass spectrum on a photographic plate.
mass spectrometer — a device for identifying the kinds of particles present in a given substance: the particles are ionized and beamed through an electromagnetic field and the manner in which they are deflected is indicative of their mass and, thus, their identity.
mass spectroscope — an instrument used to determine the masses of small, electrically charged particles.
mass spectroscopy — an instrument used to determine the masses of small, electrically charged particles.
massage therapist — sb who gives body rubs
mean piston speed — The mean piston speed is the distance traveled by a piston in a specified amount of time.
mean-spiritedness — the quality of being mean-spirited
meat and potatoes — If you refer to the meat and potatoes of something, you mean its most basic, simple, and essential parts.
meat-and-potatoes — fundamental; down-to-earth; basic: What are the meat-and-potatoes issues of the election?
merchant shipping — shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, etc)
metalloproteinase — (enzyme) Any of several proteinases that have a metal atom (often zinc) at their active centre.
microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
micromanipulators — Plural form of micromanipulator.
midsagittal plane — a plane passing through the nasion when the skull is oriented in the Frankfurt horizontal.
misappropriations — Plural form of misappropriation.
misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
mississippi delta — an area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers in the northwest of the state of Mississippi; it is very flat and fertile
mode of transport — means of travel
mom and pop store — a small retail business, typically family-operated
mount robson park — a national park in the Rocky Mountains of E British Columbia, Canada.
multidisciplinary — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
net present value — an assessment of the long-term profitability of a project made by adding together all the revenue it can be expected to achieve over its whole life and deducting all the costs involved, discounting both future costs and revenue at an appropriate rate
neuropsychiatrist — A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry; a medical doctor dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features.
newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
non-stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
nonaccomplishment — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
nonrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
northeast passage — a ship route along the N coast of Europe and Asia, between the North Sea and the Pacific.
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
northwest passage — a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
not spare oneself — to exert oneself to the full
old spanish trail — an overland route from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., first marked out in 1776 by Spanish explorers and missionaries.
olympic mountains — a mountain range in NW Washington: part of the Coast Range. Highest peak: Mount Olympus, 2427 m (7965 ft)
omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
on the pig's back — successful; established
on-street parking — parking (of a car, vehicle, etc) that is or is allowed to be done on a street
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
operation sealion — the codename for Hitler's proposed invasion (1940) of Great Britain

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