17-letter words containing u, n, c, l, t, h
- absolute monarchy — a monarchy without constitutional limits
- australopithecine — any of various extinct apelike primates of the genus Australopithecus and related genera, remains of which have been discovered in southern and E Africa. Some species are estimated to be over 4.5 million years old
- authority control — the establishment and maintainance of consistent forms of terms, as of names, subjects, and titles, to be used as headings in bibliographic records.
- bachelor's button — any of several plants of a genus (Centaurea) of the composite family, that have scaly, vase-shaped bracts below the white, pink, or blue flowers; esp., the cornflower and knapweed
- bachelor's-button — any of various plants with round flower heads, especially the cornflower.
- blackcurrant bush — a bush of the blackcurrant plant
- british columbian — of or relating to British Columbia or its inhabitants
- buttock-clenching — making one tighten the buttocks through extreme fear or embarrassment
- buttonhole stitch — a reinforcing looped stitch for the edge of material, such as around a buttonhole
- catapult-launched — (of aircraft) launched into the air by a device installed in warships
- caudal anesthesia — anesthesia below the pelvis, induced by injecting an anesthetic into the sacral portion of the spinal canal.
- chemical equation — a representation of a chemical reaction using symbols of the elements to indicate the amount of substance, usually in moles, of each reactant and product
- chiltern hundreds — (in Britain) short for Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; a nominal office that an MP applies for in order to resign his seat
- classical nahuatl — Aztec (def 2).
- classical-nahuatl — a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
- counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
- cultural exchange — an exchange of students, artists, athletes, etc., between two countries to promote mutual understanding.
- debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
- denatured alcohol — ethanol rendered unfit for human consumption by the addition of a noxious substance, as in methylated spirits
- displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
- ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
- female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
- french revolution — the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
- functional change — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
- glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
- hairline fracture — a very fine crack in a bone
- homeland security — national defence
- hubble's constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- hyperintellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- in the public eye — featured prominently in the media
- industrial school — a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; trade or vocational school.
- light machine gun — any air-cooled machine gun having a caliber not greater than 0.30 inches (7.6 mm).
- liquidity cushion — a reserve fund of assets held by a company or person
- lithium carbonate — a colorless crystalline compound, Li 2 CO 3 , slightly soluble in water: used in ceramic and porcelain glazes, pharmaceuticals, and luminescent paints.
- mechanical tissue — a plant tissue made up of hard, thick-walled cells that add strength to an organ
- monarch butterfly — a large, deep-orange butterfly, Danaus plexippus, having black and white markings, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of milkweed.
- nathaniel currier — Nathaniel, 1813–88, U.S. lithographer. Compare Ives (def 4).
- natural harmonics — harmonics of a note produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching an open or unstopped sounded string.
- natural hat trick — three goals scored in succession by one player in one game or one period.
- nautical twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 12° below the horizon
- neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
- neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
- nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
- nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
- perpetual spinach — a variety of spinach that keeps producing edible leaves
- photoluminescence — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
- psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
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