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17-letter words containing s, p, e, c, i, f

  • apostolic fathers — the Fathers of the early Church who immediately followed the Apostles
  • artificial person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • breach of promise — (formerly) failure to carry out one's promise to marry
  • café-au-lait spot — a brown patch on the skin that can occur normally in small numbers or in neurofibromatosis, when they are more numerous
  • camp-fire-members — a U.S. organization for girls and boys that emphasizes the building of character and good citizenship through work, health, and love; originally founded for girls (Camp Fire girls) in 1910, it is now open to both boys and girls (Camp Fire members)
  • class-a amplifier — an electronic amplifier in which the output current flows for the whole of the input signal cycle
  • class-b amplifier — an electronic amplifier in which the output flows for half of the input signal cycle
  • class-c amplifier — an electronic amplifier in which the output current flows for less than half of the input cycle
  • conscript fathers — august legislators, esp Roman senators
  • copious free time — (jargon)   (Apple; originally from the introduction to Tom Lehrer's song "It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier") Used ironically to indicate the speaker's lack of the quantity in question; a mythical schedule slot for accomplishing tasks held to be unlikely or impossible. Sometimes used to indicate that the speaker is interested in accomplishing the task, but believes that the opportunity will not arise. "I'll implement the automatic layout stuff in my copious free time." The phrase is also used for time reserved for bogus or otherwise idiotic tasks, such as implementation of bad chrome, or the stroking of suits. "I'll get back to him on that feature in my copious free time."
  • disrespectfulness — The state or quality of being disrespectful; disrespect; disregard.
  • east pacific rise — a long north-south elevation of the sea floor in the E Pacific Ocean extending southward from SW Mexico to the Antarctic Ocean.
  • factory inspector — a person who inspects factories
  • fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
  • fictitious person — a legal entity or artificial person, as a corporation.
  • fiddleback spider — brown recluse spider.
  • field penny-cress — the common penny-cress, Thlaspi arvense.
  • field post office — a place to which mail intended for military units in the field is sent to be sorted and forwarded
  • first performance — the first time that a play or concert is performed
  • five-spice powder — a mixture of spices used especially in Chinese cooking, usually including cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, pepper, and star anise.
  • fluorescent strip — a fluorescent light in the form of a long strip
  • impersonification — (archaic) the act of impersonating; impersonation.
  • in the process of — If you are in the process of doing something, you have started to do it and are still doing it.
  • intraspecifically — Between individuals of the same species.
  • job specification — a detailed description of the qualifications, skills, and experience required for a particular post of employment
  • liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
  • microsoft project — (product)   A Microsoft Windows program offering various project management tools.
  • origin of species — (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) a treatise (1859) by Charles Darwin setting forth his theory of evolution.
  • pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
  • pair of compasses — compass (def 7)
  • passenger traffic — number of passengers
  • personnel officer — a worker responsible for recruiting employees and dealing with matters relating to them
  • piece of business — business (def 10).
  • pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
  • point of presence — (PoP) A site where there exists a collection of telecommunications equipment, usually modems, digital leased lines and multi-protocol routers. An Internet access provider may operate several PoPs distributed throughout their area of operation to increase the chance that their subscribers will be able to reach one with a local telephone call. The alternative is for them to use virtual PoPs (virtual points of presence) via some third party.
  • point of purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • point-of-purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • positive feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
  • pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
  • prefect apostolic — the administrator, usually below the rank of bishop, in charge of a prefecture apostolic.
  • presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
  • pseudo-scientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • purple of cassius — a purple pigment precipitated as a sol by the interaction of gold chloride and a solution of stannic acid and stannous chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of ruby glass, ceramic glazes, and enamels.
  • sacrifice paddock — a grassed area allowed to be grazed completely, to be cultivated and resown later
  • safety inspection — an inspection of a place carried out to ensure that it is safe and not dangerous
  • safety precaution — a precaution that is taken in order to ensure that something is safe and not dangerous
  • self-appreciation — gratitude; thankful recognition: They showed their appreciation by giving him a gold watch.
  • self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
  • self-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
  • self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.

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