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17-letter words containing t, u, r, i, n, g

  • newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
  • non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
  • norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
  • number eight iron — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a pitcher but less slope than a niblick.
  • number eight wire — a standard gauge of fencing wire
  • opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
  • organ-pipe cactus — a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.
  • osculating circle — circle of curvature.
  • outline agreement — a contract, etc, setting out the preliminary terms or guidelines for an agreement; a preliminary agreement
  • overnight success — sth or sb suddenly popular
  • paratungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H10W12O14
  • perforation gauge — a marked ruler used to measure the number of perforations per unit length along the borders of a stamp.
  • permutation group — a mathematical group whose elements are permutations and in which the product of two permutations is the same permutation as is obtained by performing them in succession.
  • picture messaging — Picture messaging is the sending of photographs or pictures from one mobile phone to another.
  • pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  • plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
  • portuguese guinea — former name of Guinea-Bissau.
  • postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
  • pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • prescription drug — medication available only on doctor's instruction
  • pressure gradient — the change of pressure per unit distance
  • printing industry — the industry engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • production string — A production string is the series of pipes through which the oil or gas is brought up from the reservoir.
  • pudding-pipe tree — golden shower.
  • put the finger on — to inform on or identify, esp for the police
  • recreation ground — an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children
  • recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
  • recruiting office — an office where staff are recruited, esp by the military
  • returning officer — a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.
  • ring in (or out) — to punch in (or out)
  • ring-tailed lemur — a Madagascan prosimian primate, Lemur catta, with a long black and white ringed tail
  • 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.
  • saturation diving — a method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high-pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the pressurized gas mixture that they breathe: when this condition is reached, the amount of time required for decompression remains the same, whether the dive lasts a day, a week, or a month.
  • self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
  • sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
  • separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
  • 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 industry — the industry concerned with transporting freight, esp by ship
  • sign in (or out) — to sign a register on arrival (or departure)
  • sleeping quarters — the rooms where people sleep in a large building or complex or on a boat etc
  • smoothing circuit — a circuit used to remove ripple from the output of a direct current power supply
  • 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.
  • spiritual healing — faith healing
  • statutory meeting — company shareholders' discussion
  • strange interlude — a play (1928) by Eugene O'Neill.
  • stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
  • string instrument — a musical instrument that has strings, such as the violin or cello
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