17-letter words containing an

stress management — coping with psychological pressure
stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
subclavian artery — either of a pair of arteries, one on each side of the body, that carry the main supply of blood to the arms.
subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
sum and substance — main idea, gist, or point: the sum and substance of an argument.
sunday observance — the fact of keeping Sunday as a special day when people go to church
supernova remnant — an expanding shell of gas, with accompanying strong radio and x-ray emissions, produced by a supernova.
supply and demand — economy: basic market theory
supply management — business purchasing
support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
supralapsarianism — the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism).
supreme commander — the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.
sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
synovial membrane — anatomy: connective tissue
take advantage of — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
tanenbaum, andrew — Andrew Tanenbaum
tangential motion — the component of the linear motion of a star with respect to the sun, measured along a line perpendicular to its line of sight and expressed in miles or kilometers per second.
telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
tenancy agreement — property rental contract
tenancy in common — a holding of property, usually real, by two or more persons with each owning an undivided share and with no right of survivorship.
tenth commandment — “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's”: tenth of the Ten Commandments.
thabana-ntlenyana — a mountain in Lesotho: the highest peak of the Drakensberg Mountains. Height: 3482 m (11 425 ft)
the fall (of man) — Adam's sin of yielding to temptation in eating the forbidden fruit, and his subsequent loss of grace
the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
the mississippian — the Mississippian period or rock system equivalent to the lower Carboniferous of Europe
the old gentleman — a jocular name for Satan
the past anterior — a French tense: the pluperfect
the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
the rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
third commandment — “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain”: third of the Ten Commandments.
this can't happen — can't happen
thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
three mile island — an island in the Susquehanna River, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, SE of Harrisburg: scene of a near-disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979 that raised the issue of nuclear-energy safety.
thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
thyestean banquet — a banquet at which human flesh is served
tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
to best advantage — If something is shown to good advantage or to best advantage, it is shown in a way that reveals its best features.
to break the bank — If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
to come to an end — If something comes to an end, it stops.
to fan the flames — If someone or something fans the flames of a situation or feeling, usually a bad one, they make it more intense or extreme in some way.
to stand a chance — If you say that someone stands a chance of achieving something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. If you say that someone doesn't stand a chance of achieving something, you mean that they cannot possibly achieve it.
to steal a glance — If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.

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