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17-letter words containing t, y, p, e

  • respiratory tract — the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
  • reticulate python — a python, Python reticulatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, sometimes growing to a length of 32 feet (10 meters): usually considered to be the largest snake in the world.
  • safety inspection — an inspection of a place carried out to ensure that it is safe and not dangerous
  • safety precaution — a precaution that is taken in order to ensure that something is safe and not dangerous
  • scheme repository — A collection of free Scheme programs.
  • secondary product — a product that is not the main product of an industry; a by-product
  • semi-permeability — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
  • separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
  • serendipity berry — miracle fruit (def 2).
  • shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
  • simplicity itself — If you say that something is simplicity itself, you are emphasizing that it is very simple or easy.
  • sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
  • south sea company — a British joint stock company that traded in South America in the 18th century. The South Sea Company took over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks, and a financial crash in 1720 (the South Sea Bubble)
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • specific humidity — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor.
  • spectrophotometry — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • spectroscopically — an optical device for producing and observing a spectrum of light or radiation from any source, consisting essentially of a slit through which the radiation passes, a collimating lens, and an Amici prism.
  • spectrum analyser — an instrument that splits an input waveform into its frequency components, which are then displayed
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • speech difficulty — a problem encountered in speaking
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • split personality — multiple personality.
  • spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • 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.
  • stereophotography — photography producing stereoscopic images.
  • stereospecificity — (of a reaction) producing a simple stereoisomer.
  • stray capacitance — undesired capacitance in equipment, occurring between the wiring, between the wiring and the chassis, or between components and the chassis
  • suction lipectomy — the removal of fatty tissue by making a small incision in the skin, loosening the fat layer, and withdrawing it by suction.
  • sulphur butterfly — sulfur butterfly.
  • sunday supplement — a special section incorporated in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, often containing features on books, celebrities, home entertainment, gardening, and the like.
  • superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
  • supply management — business purchasing
  • sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • tapestry brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
  • temporary account — A temporary account is an account which is closed out at the end of the year.
  • terminal capacity — The terminal capacity is the volume which can be stored in a terminal (= building or area with tanks).
  • ternary operation — an operation in a mathematical system by which three elements are combined to yield a single result.
  • tertiary syphilis — the third stage of syphilis, characterized by involvement of the internal organs, especially the brain, spinal cord, heart, and liver.
  • the alpine valley — a straight fracture on the moon that cuts the Alps in two
  • the death penalty — capital punishment
  • the lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
  • the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the olympic torch — a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
  • the penny dropped — If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something.
  • the underemployed — underemployed people
  • thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
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