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17-letter words containing t, i, g, r, e, s

  • retained earnings — income not paid out as shares
  • 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.
  • right parenthesis — (character)   ")". ASCII character 41. Common names: right paren; right parenthesis; right; close; thesis ("(" = paren); close paren; close parenthesis; right parenthesis; right banana. Rare: already ("(" = so); rparen; ITU-T: closing parenthesis; close round bracket, right round bracket, INTERCAL: wane ("(" = wax); unparenthisey ("(" = parenthisey); right ear. Paired with left parenthesis.
  • ringer's solution — an aqueous solution of the chlorides of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the same concentrations as normal body fluids, used chiefly in the laboratory for sustaining tissue.
  • salt-rising bread — a kind of bread leavened with a fermented mixture of salted milk, cornmeal, flour, sugar, and soda.
  • scarlet lightning — scarlet lychnis.
  • schiff-s--reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • second generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
  • second-generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
  • see someone right — to ensure fair treatment of (someone)
  • self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
  • self-entertaining — affording entertainment; amusing; diverting: We spent an entertaining evening at the theater.
  • self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • self-interpreting — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
  • senior management — the most senior staff of an organization or business, including the heads of various divisions or departments led by the chief executive
  • sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
  • sentencing circle — a method of dispensing justice amongst native Canadian peoples involving discussion between offenders, victims, and members of the community
  • separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
  • separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
  • sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
  • 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.
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
  • shopping precinct — pedestrian area with shops
  • sign of the cross — a movement of the hand to indicate a cross, as from forehead to breast and left shoulder to right or, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from right shoulder to left.
  • significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
  • similar triangles — triangles that are similar due to the equality of corresponding angles and the proportional similarity of the corresponding sides
  • singer-songwriter — A singer-songwriter is someone who writes and performs their own songs, especially popular songs.
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • sleeping quarters — the rooms where people sleep in a large building or complex or on a boat etc
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
  • solicitor general — a law officer who maintains the rights of the state in suits affecting the public interest, next in rank to the attorney general.
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • south frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
  • southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
  • spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
  • spectroheliograph — an apparatus for making photographs of the sun with a monochromatic light to show the details of the sun's surface and surroundings as they would appear if the sun emitted only that light.
  • spiritual healing — faith healing
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • squatter's rights — the rights to a property claimed by someone who has occupied it in the owner's absence
  • state legislature — laws of a country
  • stationary engine — an engine mounted in a fixed position, as one used for driving generators, compressors, etc.
  • statutory meeting — company shareholders' discussion
  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • steering geometry — Steering geometry is the geometric arrangement of the parts of a steering system, and the value of the lengths and angles within it.
  • stereolithography — a process for creating three-dimensional objects using a computer-controlled laser to build up the required structure, layer by layer, from a liquid photopolymer that solidifies.
  • stolen generation — Aboriginal children removed from their families and placed in institutions or fostered by White families between 1910 and 1970
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