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17-letter words containing ain

  • acquaintance rape — a rape that is carried out by someone that the victim knows
  • against sb's will — If something is done against your will, it is done even though you do not want it to be done.
  • against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
  • against the grain — contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
  • altitude training — training performed at high altitude to prepare an athlete's body to cope with a reduced supply of oxygen
  • andes (mountains) — mountain system extending the length of W South America: highest peak, Aconcagua
  • antifouling paint — paint applied to the portion of a hull below the waterline to poison or discourage marine animals and plants that would otherwise cling to it.
  • ascertained goods — specific goods
  • attainment target — a general defined level of ability that a pupil is expected to achieve in every subject at each key stage in the National Curriculum
  • backward chaining — (algorithm)   An algorithm for proving a goal by recursively breaking it down into sub-goals and trying to prove these until facts are reached. Facts are goals with no sub-goals which are therefore always true. Backward training is the program execution mechanism used by most logic programming language like Prolog. Opposite: forward chaining.
  • battle of britain — (in World War II) the series of aerial combats that took place between British and German aircraft during the autumn of 1940 and that included the severe bombardment of British cities.
  • beat one's brains — to try hard to remember, understand, or solve something
  • bighorn mountains — range of the Rocky Mountains in N Wyo. and S Mont.: highest peak, 13,165 ft (4,013 m)
  • bill of attainder — (formerly) a legislative act finding a person guilty without trial of treason or felony and declaring him attainted
  • blackout curtains — thick, lined curtains designed to shut out all daylight and keep a room in complete darkness
  • boatswain's chair — a seat consisting of a short flat board slung from ropes, used to support a person working on the side of a vessel or in its rigging
  • brain haemorrhage — bleeding into the brain
  • butacaine sulfate — a colorless, crystalline substance, (C18H30N2O2)2·H2SO4, used as a local anesthetic, esp. on mucous membranes
  • capital gains tax — a tax on the profit made from the sale of an asset
  • captain's biscuit — a type of hard fancy biscuit
  • cariboo mountains — a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 3520 m (11 549 ft)
  • chugach mountains — a coastal mountain range in S Alaska, extending W from the St. Elias Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Marcus Baker, 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
  • coarse-grain salt — salt with a much larger grain size than table salt
  • contraindications — Plural form of contraindication.
  • counter-complaint — an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding: his complaint about poor schools.
  • cross of lorraine — a cross with two horizontal bars above and below the midpoint of the vertical bar, the lower longer than the upper
  • distillers' grain — a by-product of the distillation process for making whisky, used as an animal foodstuff
  • drained of colour — colourless
  • drinking fountain — a water fountain that ejects a jet of water for drinking without a cup.
  • entertainment tax — a tax imposed in some countries on forms of entertainment, such as films, shows, etc
  • faint-heartedness — lack of courage
  • fountain of youth — a fabled spring whose waters were supposed to restore health and youth, sought in the Bahamas and Florida by Ponce de León, Narváez, De Soto, and others.
  • freezer container — a rigid plastic container used to hold food that is to be frozen
  • giscard d'estaing — Valéry [va-ley-ree] /va leɪˈri/ (Show IPA), born 1926, French political leader: president 1974–81.
  • go down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
  • grain of paradise — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
  • have on the brain — If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.
  • hoare powerdomain — powerdomain
  • hope against hope — the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
  • indian paintbrush — any of several semiparasitic plants belonging to the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, as C. linariaefolia, of the western U.S.: the state flower of Wyoming.
  • interior drainage — a drainage system whose waters do not continue to the ocean either on the surface or underground, but evaporate within the land area.
  • interval training — an exercise and training program in which each session consists of periods of intense exertion alternating with periods of rest or lighter exertion.
  • kennesaw mountain — a mountain in N Georgia, near Atlanta: battle 1864. 1809 feet (551 meters).
  • khingan mountains — a mountain system of NE China, in W Manchuria. Highest peak: 2034 m (6673 ft)
  • landscape painter — artist who depicts natural scenery
  • latter-day saints — a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • lebanon mountains — a mountain range extending the length of Lebanon, in the central part. Highest peak, 10,049 feet (3063 meters).
  • leibniz mountains — a mountain range on the SW limb of the moon, containing the highest peaks (10 000 metres) on the moon
  • mains electricity — electricity supplied to a building through wires
  • maintained school — a school financially supported by the state

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