17-letter words containing her
- hydrotherapy pool — a pool of water used for hydrotherapy
- hydrothermal vent — an opening on the floor of the sea from which hot, mineral-rich solutions issue. Compare vent1 (def 2).
- immunotherapeutic — (immunology, medicine) Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
- implosion therapy — a form of behavior therapy involving intensive recollection and review of anxiety-producing situations or events in a patient's life in an attempt to develop more appropriate responses to similar situations in the future.
- implosive-therapy — a form of behavior therapy involving intensive recollection and review of anxiety-producing situations or events in a patient's life in an attempt to develop more appropriate responses to similar situations in the future.
- in the altogether — wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting.
- in there pitching — taking part with enthusiasm
- indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
- inversion therapy — a method used to stretch and align the body, especially the lower back, by suspending the entire body upside down from an apparatus that grips or supports the feet or knees.
- isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
- langmuir isotherm — A Langmuir isotherm is a classical relationship between the concentrations of a solid and a fluid, used to describe a state of no change in the sorption process.
- little blue heron — a small heron, Egretta caerulea, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, having bluish-gray plumage.
- lobster thermidor — a dish of cooked lobster meat placed back in the shell with a cream sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and melted butter, and browned in the oven.
- maraschino cherry — a cherry cooked in colored syrup and flavored with maraschino, used to garnish desserts, cocktails, etc.
- margaret thatcher — Margaret (Hilda) 1925–2013, British political leader: prime minister 1979–90.
- market researcher — a person who carries out market research
- massage therapist — sb who gives body rubs
- middle of nowhere — a completely isolated, featureless, or insignificant place
- mother of vinegar — mother2 .
- mother spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium bulbiferum, of tropical Africa and Australasia, the fronds often bearing bulbils that sprout into new plants while still attached, grown as an ornamental.
- mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
- national heritage — country's cultural legacy
- non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- northern bobwhite — any of several American quail of the genus Colinus, especially C. virginianus (northern bobwhite) having mottled reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.
- northern kingfish — a croaker, Menticirrhus saxatilis, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
- northern michigan — the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. Abbreviation: U.P.
- northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
- northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
- northern studfish — See under studfish.
- on the other hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- other fish to fry — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- past life therapy — a form of hypnosis or meditation based on the belief that an individual's present problems are rooted in events that occurred before birth in this life
- peripheral device — peripheral
- peripheral vision — all that is visible to the eye outside the central area of focus; side vision.
- philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- phototherapeutics — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the curative use of light rays.
- plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- psychotherapeutic — psychotherapy.
- radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
- saint christopher — Saint, died a.d. c250, Christian martyr.
- save shoe leather — to avoid wearing out shoes, as by taking a bus rather than walking
- september weather — weather characteristic of the month of September, esp in being unpredictable as summer is ending and autumn is beginning
- shepherd's needle — a European umbelliferous plant, Scandix pectenveneris, with long needle-like fruits
- significant other — Sociology. a person, as a parent or peer, who has great influence on one's behavior and self-esteem.
- simulated leather — fake leather that is an imitation of real leather and is usually made from a cheaper material
- southern rhodesia — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
- southern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, including the Dodecanese, lying off the SW coast of Turkey
- southern studfish — See under studfish.
- southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
- spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.