17-letter words containing u, n, s, o, d
- survivor syndrome — a characteristic group of symptoms, including recurrent images of death, depression, persistent anxiety, and emotional numbness, occurring in survivors of disaster.
- suspension bridge — a bridge having a deck suspended from cables anchored at their extremities and usually raised on towers.
- sustentation fund — a fund, esp in the Church of Scotland, to augment the support of ministers
- synchronous speed — the speed at which an alternating-current machine must operate to generate electromotive force at a given frequency.
- take into custody — to arrest
- the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
- the sound of mull — the water that separates the island of Mull from the mainland of Scotland
- theodore sturgeon — Theodore (Hamilton) 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
- thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
- thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
- thread escutcheon — a raised metal rim around a keyhole.
- to know no bounds — If you say that a feeling or quality knows no bounds, you are emphasizing that it is very strong or intense.
- to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
- to slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget it.
- tourette syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.
- tungsten trioxide — a heavy, canary-yellow, water-insoluble powder, WO 3 , used in the manufacture of tungstates.
- turbinado (sugar) — a partially refined, granulated, pale-brown sugar obtained by washing raw sugar in a centrifuge until most of the molasses is removed
- turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
- turner's syndrome — an abnormal congenital condition resulting from a defect on or absence of the second sex chromosome, characterized by retarded growth of the gonads.
- unclassified road — a road that has not been given a grade because it is of a basic standard
- under the sign of — during that portion of the year when the sun is passing through and thus subject to the influence of (a specified sign of the zodiac)
- undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unrealized losses — Unrealized losses are losses from the decrease in value of an asset that you still own.
- yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.
- zero-coupon bonds — Zero-coupon bonds are bonds with no coupons that do not pay interest, and are sold at a large discount from their face value.