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17-letter words containing t, h, i, n, g, l

  • negative theology — a theological approach or tradition in which the nature of God is thought to be unknowable and is only understood through negative statements. See also apophasis (def 2).
  • neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
  • neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
  • nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
  • nothing less than — You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
  • once over lightly — a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
  • once-over-lightly — a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
  • orthogonal matrix — a matrix that is the inverse of its transpose so that any two rows or any two columns are orthogonal vectors
  • orthogonalization — (mathematics) The process of converting a set of functions or vectors into orthogonal ones.
  • overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • parathyroid gland — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
  • physical training — fitness coaching
  • pile on the agony — to exaggerate one's distress for sympathy or greater effect
  • play along (with) — to join in or cooperate (with)
  • pre-enlightenment — the act of enlightening.
  • pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • prothoracic gland — either of a pair of endocrine glands in the anterior thorax of some insects, functioning to promote the series of molts from hatching to adulthood.
  • psycholinguistics — the study of the relationship between language and the cognitive or behavioral characteristics of those who use it.
  • pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • reverse lightning — a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.
  • scarlet lightning — scarlet lychnis.
  • sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
  • shipping articles — articles of agreement.
  • shit on a shingle — creamed chipped beef or ground beef in a sauce, served on toast.
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • single-sheet feed — a mechanism for feeding or taking single sheets of paper into a printer
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
  • spiritual healing — faith healing
  • sting in the tail — an unexpected and unpleasant ending
  • swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • 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.
  • technical college — school of further and vocational education
  • technical drawing — the study and practice, esp as a subject taught in school, of the basic techniques of draughtsmanship, as employed in mechanical drawing, architecture, etc
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
  • television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
  • the enlightenment — an 18th-century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason and the critical reappraisal of existing ideas and social institutions
  • the lower regions — hell
  • the neolithic age — the last part of the Stone Age, where metal tools became widespread
  • the whole boiling — the whole lot
  • thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
  • 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.
  • vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
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