17-letter words containing s, p, i, t, n, g
- a sporting chance — If you have a sporting chance of doing something, it is quite likely that you will do that thing.
- acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
- accessory pigment — any pigment in plants that can absorb light energy and pass the electrons along to the primary pigment which starts the process of photosynthesis.
- alligator snapper — a large, freshwater snapping turtle (Macroclemys temmincki) of the SE U.S. and the Mississippi Valley, found chiefly in rivers and bayous: it may weigh up to 100 kg (220 lb)
- altamonte springs — a city in central Florida.
- anglo-saxon point — ATA point
- answering pennant — one of the flags of the International Code of Signals, a pennant of three red and two white vertical stripes, flown at the dip while a message is being interpreted and close up when it is understood.
- antiprostaglandin — A prostaglandin inhibitor.
- antivirus program — antivirus software
- be sitting pretty — If you say that someone is sitting pretty, you mean that they are in a good, safe, or comfortable position.
- 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.
- capital gains tax — a tax on the profit made from the sale of an asset
- christmas pudding — Christmas pudding is a special pudding that is eaten at Christmas.
- closed-captioning — (of a television program, film, or video) distributed with synchronized transcription of speech and written descriptions of other relevant audio elements, as for the hearing-impaired, that are visible only when the option to display them is selected. Abbreviation: CC.
- come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- composting toilet — a human waste disposal system that utilizes a waterless or low-flush toilet in conjunction with a tank in which aerobic bacteria break down the waste.
- cost-plus pricing — the setting of prices at the cost price plus a percentage
- counter-espionage — Counter-espionage is the same as counter-intelligence.
- dagestan republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
- disaster planning — disaster recovery
- east grand rapids — a town in W central Michigan, near Grand Rapids.
- egyptian brackets — (programming, humour) A humourous term for K&R indent style, referring to the "one hand up in front, one down behind" pose which popular culture inexplicably associates with Egypt.
- elliptical spring — An elliptical spring is a spring that is made from two springs in the shape of elongated ovals laid cut in half and back-to-back.
- escaping tendency — a property of a gas, related to its partial pressure, that expresses its tendency to escape or expand, given by d(log ef) = dμ/ RT, where μ is the chemical potential, R the gas constant, and T the thermodynamic temperature
- fitness programme — a plan to help someone improve their health and physical condition
- flight supplement — an additional charge payable on the price of an air ticket
- get one's wind up — to become (or be) nervous or alarmed
- graduated pension — the money that an employee receives after retirement if they have paid into the graduated pension scheme
- handicap register — a list of the disabled people in its area that a local authority had a duty to compile under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
- heating apparatus — an apparatus that heats something
- hope against hope — the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
- hospital gangrene — Pathology. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, especially involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill-kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria.
- housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
- inspector general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
- inspector-general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
- integer specratio — SPECint92
- integrated optics — an assembly of miniature optical elements of a size comparable to those used in electronic integrated circuits.
- judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
- kensington palace — a royal residence in Kensington Gardens, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea; dating from the 17th century, it was improved and extended by Sir Cristopher Wren
- 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.
- merchant shipping — shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, etc)
- midsagittal plane — a plane passing through the nasion when the skull is oriented in the Frankfurt horizontal.
- neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
- newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
- 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-stop shopping — the provision of everything that a customer or client might require in one place
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