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

  • chincoteague pony — a wild pony found on certain islands off the Virginia coast, apparently descended from Moorish ponies shipwrecked in this vicinity in the 16th century.
  • christmas pudding — Christmas pudding is a special pudding that is eaten at Christmas.
  • chromolithographs — Plural form of chromolithograph.
  • chromolithography — the process of making coloured prints by lithography
  • chugach mountains — a coastal mountain range in S Alaska, extending W from the St. Elias Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Marcus Baker, 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
  • cigarette lighter — A cigarette lighter is a device which produces a small flame when you press a switch and which you use to light a cigarette or cigar.
  • cigarette machine — a vending machine from which cigarettes can be purchased
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • circuit switching — (communications)   Communication via a single dedicated path between the sender and receiver. The telephone system is an example of a circuit switched network. The term connection-oriented is used in packet-based networks in contrast to connectionless communication or packet switching.
  • cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
  • clinicopathologic — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
  • cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
  • collegiate church — a church that has an endowed chapter of canons and prebendaries attached to it but that is not a cathedral
  • come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • committal hearing — (in British law) a preliminary inquiry by a magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial
  • computer graphics — the use of a computer to produce and manipulate pictorial images on a video screen, as in animation techniques or the production of audiovisual aids
  • congestion charge — Congestion charges refer to money motorists must pay in order to drive in some city centres. Congestion charges are intended to reduce traffic within those areas.
  • connecting flight — a flight taken from an airport other than that from which the journey began, and which is taken in a different aeroplane from that used for the previous stage of the journey
  • connection charge — a charge made as soon as a caller is connected to the number dialled and which is additional to any charges calculated based on the duration of the call
  • contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
  • contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
  • critical thinking — disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence: The questions are intended to develop your critical thinking.
  • cryptographically — In a cryptographic manner; using cryptography; for cryptographic purposes.
  • cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
  • dante (alighieri) — (born Durante Alighieri) 1265-1321; It. poet: wrote The Divine Comedy
  • deadly nightshade — a poisonous Eurasian solanaceous plant, Atropa belladonna, having dull purple bell-shaped flowers and small very poisonous black berries
  • debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
  • deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
  • demythologization — The act of demythologizing, or something demythologized.
  • dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
  • descending rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by the succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable followed by one or more unaccented syllables.
  • designated hitter — In baseball, a designated hitter is a player who bats in place of the pitcher.
  • designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
  • dialect geography — linguistic geography
  • diaphragm shutter — a camera shutter having a group of overlapping blades that open and close at the center when exposing film.
  • diaphragmatically — By use of the diaphragm; in a diaphragmatic way.
  • dictating machine — a device that records spoken words, as on audiocassettes, for playing back later to prepare a transcript
  • diethylene glycol — a syrupy colorless liquid, C 4 H 10 O 3 , used as a solvent for cellulose nitrate and as a fabric softener.
  • digital dashboard — (software)   A personalised desktop portal that focuses on business intelligence and knowledge management.
  • dihydroergotamine — an ergot alkaloid, C 33 H 37 N 5 O 5 , used in the treatment of various types of migraine headache.
  • dipped headlights — road vehicle headlights which have been switched from the main to the lower beam
  • distance teaching — teaching via correspondence or the internet, where students are not physically present in a classroom
  • do the bidding of — to be obedient to; carry out the orders of
  • do your own thing — If you do your own thing, you live, act, or behave in the way you want to, without paying attention to convention or depending on other people.
  • dog in the manger — a person who selfishly keeps something that he or she does not really need or want so that others may not use or enjoy it.
  • drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
  • eat flaming death — (humour, abuse)   A construction popularised among hackers by the infamous CPU Wars comic; supposedly derive from a famously turgid line in a WWII-era anti-Nazi propaganda comic that ran "Eat flaming death, non-Aryan mongrels!" or something of the sort (however, it is also reported that the Firesign Theater's 1975 album "In The Next World, You're On Your Own" included the phrase "Eat flaming death, fascist media pigs"; this may have been an influence). Used in humorously overblown expressions of hostility. "Eat flaming death, EBCDIC users!"
  • electric strength — the maximum voltage sustainable by an insulating material, after which it loses its insulating properties
  • electromyographic — Using electromyography.
  • electrophysiology — The branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
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