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17-letter words containing s, t, a, g, e

  • sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
  • take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
  • teachers' college — a college, usually having a four-year curriculum and granting a bachelor's degree, for training teachers for elementary and secondary schools
  • teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • telephone message — a message that is transmitted by telephone
  • terrestrial globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
  • the age of reason — the 18th century in W Europe
  • the bag of tricks — every device; everything
  • the good old days — When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
  • the last judgment — the occasion, after the resurrection of the dead at the end of the world, when, according to biblical tradition, God will decree the final destinies of all men according to the good and evil in their earthly lives
  • the major leagues — the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League
  • the night's a pup — it's early yet
  • the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
  • thomson's gazelle — a medium-sized antelope, Gazella thomsoni, abundant on the grassy steppes and dry bush of the East African plains.
  • threshing machine — a machine for removing grains and seeds from straw and chaff.
  • thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • tiger swallowtail — a yellow swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus, of eastern North America, having the forewings striped with black.
  • tiglath-pileser i — died 1102? b.c, king of Assyria c1115–1102?.
  • to argue the toss — If you say that someone argues the toss, you are criticizing them for continuing to argue for longer than is necessary about something that is not very important.
  • to best advantage — If something is shown to good advantage or to best advantage, it is shown in a way that reveals its best features.
  • to steal a glance — If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.
  • topological space — a set with a collection of subsets or open sets satisfying the properties that the union of open sets is an open set, the intersection of two open sets is an open set, and the given set and the empty set are open sets.
  • transition region — a thin and very irregular layer of the sun's atmosphere that separates the hot corona from the much cooler chromosphere.
  • transverse engine — an engine which is fitted side-to-side across the axis of a vehicle
  • trigger mechanism — a physiological or psychological process caused by a stimulus and resulting in a usually severe reaction.
  • turbosupercharger — (formerly) a turbocharger.
  • ultimate strength — the quantity of the utmost tensile, compressive, or shearing stress that a given unit area of a certain material is expected to bear without failing.
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • unimaginativeness — the quality of being unimaginative
  • urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
  • veiltail goldfish — an artificially bred, indoor variety of goldfish, usually golden or calico and of a spheroid shape, having a fully divided, drooping tail fin exceeding the body in length.
  • vinaigrette sauce — a tart sauce of oil, vinegar, and seasonings, sometimes including chopped capers, pickles, etc., usually served cold with salads.
  • visitors' gallery — a balcony in a building such as a parliament or court where members of the public can sit
  • wade-giles system — a system of Romanization of Chinese, devised by Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818–95) and adapted by Herbert Allen Giles (1845–1935), widely used in representing Chinese words and names in English, especially before the adoption of pinyin.
  • wage negotiations — talks between workers and employers over rates of pay
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
  • well-investigated — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • wheatstone bridge — a circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by comparing it with known resistances.
  • winding staircase — long set of spiral stairs
  • working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
  • x image extension — (XIE) Extensions to the X protocol to handle images.
  • yesterday evening — during the evening of the day preceding today
  • yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
  • zola technologies — (company)   Producers of the Z simulation language.
  • zygomatic process — any of several bony processes that articulate with the cheekbone.
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