17-letter words containing ery
- acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
- almost everywhere — everywhere in a given set except on a subset with measure zero. Abbreviation: a.e.
- amoebic dysentery — inflammation of the intestines caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
- chancery division — (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
- costume jewellery — Costume jewellery is jewellery made from cheap materials.
- court of chancery — (in the US) a court of equity
- court-of-chancery — chancery (def 4a).
- disaster recovery — (business) (DR) Planning and implementation of procedures and facilities for use when essential systems are not available for a period long enough to have a significant impact on the business, e.g. when the head office is blown up. Disasters include natural: fire, flood, lightning, hurricane; hardware: power failure, component failure, head crash; software failure: bugs, resources; vandalism: arson, bombing, cracking, theft; data corruption or loss: human error, media failure; communications: computer network equipment, network storm, telephones; security: passwords compromised, computer virus; legal: change in legislation; personnel: unavailability of essential staff, industrial action. Companies need to plan for disaster: before: risk analysis, preventive measures, training; during: how should staff and systems respond; after: recovery measures, post mortem analysis. Hardware can usually be replaced and is usually insured. Software and data needs to be backed up off site. Alternative communication systems should be arranged in case of network failure or inaccessible premises, e.g. emergency telephone number, home working, alternative data center.
- embroidery thread — a thread used for embroidery
- eyelet embroidery — a piece of embroidery decorated with such work
- footmen's gallery — the rearmost section of seats in the balcony of an English theater, especially in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- innominate artery — brachiocephalic artery.
- inverted snobbery — the attitude of an inverted snob
- lead acid battery — A lead acid battery is a 12-volt battery for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles consisting of lead-acid cells in series.
- membrane recovery — Membrane recovery is a process which uses membranes to obtain hydrogen from refinery fuel gas, hydrocrackers, and chemical processes such as methanol production.
- national cemetery — a cemetery, maintained by the U.S. government, for persons who have served honorably in the armed forces.
- nursery education — education provided at a school for young children, usually from three to five years old
- postal stationery — an envelope, postal card, wrapper, or aérogramme, with the stamp printed directly on the paper.
- pterygoid process — either of two long bony plates extending downwards from each side of the sphenoid bone within the skull
- recorded delivery — If you send a letter or parcel recorded delivery, you send it using a Post Office service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been posted and delivered.
- recovery position — a position in which an unconscious person can be lain on the floor, which minimises them from further risk
- resource recovery — Resource recovery is when energy, a material, or a product is taken from waste and used.
- secondary battery — storage battery.
- 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.
- sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
- very large memory — (architecture) (VLM) A processor and operating system that can use more than 4GB of RAM, which is the limit for systems using 32-bit addresses. VLM architectures allow application programs and Very Large Databases with more than 4GB of data to be placed entirely in physical memory, with large performance enhancements. Some recent processors like the DEC Alpha can process 64 bits of data at a time and use addresses wider than 32 bits. (Solaris http://sun.com/solaris/64bit.html). (SGI http://sgi.com/Technology/standard/faq.html). (Unix 98 http://UNIX-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/login_64bit.html).
- visitors' gallery — a balcony in a building such as a parliament or court where members of the public can sit
- worth every penny — If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.
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