17-letter words containing ene
- geothermal energy — Geothermal energy is energy from temperature differences inside the earth's crust.
- gibbs free energy — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
- gulf of venezuela — an inlet of the Caribbean in NW Venezuela: continues south as Lake Maracaibo
- horatio kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- hospital gangrene — Pathology. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, especially involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill-kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria.
- impracticableness — The state of being impracticable; impracticability.
- inappropriateness — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
- inconceivableness — The quality of being inconceivable.
- inconsiderateness — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
- indescribableness — The quality of being indescribable.
- indeterminateness — The quality of being indeterminate.
- indispensableness — The characteristic of being indispensable; indispensability.
- indistinctiveness — The quality of being indistinctive.
- inexhaustibleness — The quality of being inexhaustible.
- inspector general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
- inspector-general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
- insupportableness — The state of being insupportable; insufferableness.
- interfenestration — a space between two windows.
- intergenerational — of, relating to, or for individuals in different generations or age categories: intergenerational housing.
- introspectiveness — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- irrecoverableness — The quality of being irrecoverable.
- knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
- madiba generation — the generation born around 1994, when Nelson Mandela became the first president of a multiracial South Africa
- mascarene islands — a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar, including Mauritius, Reunion, and Rodrigues.
- maternity benefit — government allowance
- metallofullerenes — Plural form of metallofullerene.
- methylnaphthalene — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 0 , whose alpha isomer, a colorless liquid, is used in determining cetane numbers.
- multigenerational — of or relating to several generations, as of a family, or society: a multigenerational novel covering 300 years.
- neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
- nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
- objectionableness — The quality of being objectionable.
- paymaster general — a government minister responsible for making payments by government departments
- pentylenetetrazol — a white, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 1 0 N 4 , used as a respiratory and circulatory stimulant, especially in the treatment of barbiturate poisoning, and to induce a convulsive state in the treatment of certain mental diseases.
- perchloroethylene — tetrachloroethylene.
- phenethyl alcohol — a colorless, viscous, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 8 H 1 0 O, having a faint roselike odor: used chiefly in perfumery.
- polystyrene chips — small pieces of polystyrene used for insulating or packing
- program generator — a computer program that can be used to help to create other computer programs
- psychic energizer — Pharmacology. antidepressant (def 2).
- put a dampener on — To put a dampener on something means the same as to put a damper on it.
- second generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- second-generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- secretary-general — the head or chief administrative officer of a secretariat.
- separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
- servient tenement — land subject to an easement or servitude.
- sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
- solicitor general — a law officer who maintains the rights of the state in suits affecting the public interest, next in rank to the attorney general.
- stolen generation — Aboriginal children removed from their families and placed in institutions or fostered by White families between 1910 and 1970
- superregeneration — regeneration in which a signal is alternately amplified and quenched at a frequency slightly above the audible range to achieve high sensitivity with a single tube.
- tetrafluoroethene — a dense colourless gas that is polymerized to make polytetrafluorethene (PTFE). Formula: F2C:CF2