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17-letter words containing t, r, o, m

  • defamiliarisation — (arts) The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.
  • defamiliarization — Art, Literature. a theory and technique, originating in the early 20th century, in which an artistic or literary work presents familiar objects or situations in an unfamiliar way, prolonging the perceptive process and allowing for a fresh perspective.
  • dematerialisation — The act or process of dematerializing.
  • dematerialization — The act or process of dematerializing.
  • democritus junior — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
  • demonstrativeness — The state or quality of being demonstrative.
  • dendroclimatology — The science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions.
  • denominate number — a number associated with a unit of measurement.
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
  • dextroamphetamine — a dextrorotatory amphetamine, used to suppress appetite
  • dictionary-making — the work or activity of compiling dictionaries
  • dieu et mon droit — God and my right: motto of the Royal Arms of Great Britain
  • dihydroergotamine — an ergot alkaloid, C 33 H 37 N 5 O 5 , used in the treatment of various types of migraine headache.
  • dimethylformamide — a colourless liquid widely used as a solvent and sometimes as a catalyst. Formula: (CH3)2NCHO
  • dining room suite — a set of furniture used in a dining room
  • director of music — a person in charge of musical training and performance at an institution such as a college, especially the head bandmaster of a military band
  • disintermediation — the act of removing funds from savings banks and placing them into short-term investments on which the interest-rate yields are higher.
  • document examiner — (hypertext, tool)   A high-performance hypertext system by Symbolics that provides on-line access to their user documentation.
  • 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.
  • domestic commerce — an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce) trade; business.
  • doorstep salesman — a door-to-door salesman
  • douglas macarthur — Douglas, 1880–1964, U.S. general: supreme commander of allied forces in SW Pacific during World War II and of UN forces in Korea 1950–51.
  • downward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • dramatis personae — (used with a plural verb) the characters in a play.
  • drilling platform — a structure, either fixed to the sea bed or mobile, which supports the machinery and equipment (the drilling rig), together with the stores, required for digging an offshore oil well
  • electrocardiogram — A record or display of a person’s heartbeat produced by electrocardiography.
  • electrochemically — In an electrochemical manner.
  • electromechanical — Of, relating to, or denoting a mechanical device that is electrically operated.
  • electrometallurgy — metallurgy involving the use of electric-arc furnaces, electrolysis, and other electrical operations
  • electromyographic — Using electromyography.
  • electroretinogram — A record of the electrical activity of the retina, used in medical diagnosis and research.
  • elementary school — primary school
  • embroidery thread — a thread used for embroidery
  • emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
  • emission spectrum — the continuous spectrum or pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed into a spectrometer. The spectrum is characteristic of the emitting substance and the type of excitation to which it is subjected
  • emissions trading — the buying and selling of allowances for pollutant emissions
  • emotional cripple — someone who is unable to feel or show true emotion and so cannot form relationships with other people
  • enforcement order — an order by a court to force a person or organization to comply with a regulation or law
  • enrolment figures — the numbers of people enrolling at an institution, on a course, etc
  • entry examination — the examination people wishing to enter an organization, university, etc, have to take
  • environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
  • error of judgment — a wrong or bad decision
  • ethernet meltdown — A network meltdown on Ethernet.
  • ethnopharmacology — The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
  • examination board — an organization that sets and corrects exams
  • examination paper — a paper with examination questions printed on it set to test the knowledge of examination candidates
  • exfoliating cream — a granular cosmetic preparation that removes dead cells from the skin's surface
  • export department — the department of a business concerned with the export of the business's goods or services
  • eyelet embroidery — a piece of embroidery decorated with such work
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