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17-letter words containing no

  • fifth normal form — database normalisation
  • figure-eight knot — a kind of knot
  • first normal form — database normalisation
  • follow one's nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
  • garden mignonette — a Mediterranean plant, Resida odorata, which has spikes of small greenish-white flowers with prominent anthers
  • gastrojejunostomy — See under gastroenterostomy.
  • general knowledge — commonly known facts
  • glory-of-the-snow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Chionodoxa, of the lily family, native to the Old World, having showy, blue, white, or pink flowers that bloom early in the spring.
  • glycosaminoglycan — any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.
  • haemoglobinometer — an instrument used to determine the haemoglobin content of blood
  • haemoglobinopathy — (medicine) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which haemoglobin does not function properly.
  • haitian solenodon — a rare shrewlike nocturnal mammal of the Caribbean, Solenodon paradoxus, having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
  • have no words for — to be incapable of describing
  • heteronormativity — The view that all human beings are either male or female, both in sex and in gender, and that sexual and romantic thoughts and relations are normal only when between people of different sexes.
  • hexacosanoic acid — cerotic acid.
  • hexadecanoic acid — palmitic acid.
  • honorable mention — a citation conferred on a contestant, exhibit, etc., having exceptional merit though not winning a top honor or prize.
  • i wouldn't say no — You use 'I wouldn't say no' to indicate that you would like something, especially something that has just been offered to you.
  • ignoratio elenchi — the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question.
  • illinois waterway — a waterway system in N Illinois made up of canals and rivers connecting Lake Michigan in Chicago with the Mississippi River. 336 miles (541 km) long.
  • immunocompromised — having an impaired or compromised immune response; immunodeficient.
  • immunodiagnostics — the determination of immunologic characteristics of individuals, cells, and other biologic entities.
  • immunofluorescent — Of, pertaining to, or using immunofluorescence.
  • immunosuppressant — (pharmacology) Capable of immunosuppression, immunosuppressive.
  • immunosuppression — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
  • immunosuppressive — capable of causing immunosuppression: immunosuppressive drugs.
  • immunotherapeutic — (immunology, medicine) Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
  • in a/the minority — If people are in a minority or in the minority, they belong to a group of people or things that form less than half of a larger group.
  • in the same canoe — of the same tribe
  • innominate artery — brachiocephalic artery.
  • inverted snobbery — the attitude of an inverted snob
  • it's now or never — If you say 'It's now or never', you mean that something must be done immediately, because if it is not done immediately there will not be another chance to do it.
  • japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
  • juazeiro do norte — a city in Bahia state, NE Brazil.
  • julian of norwich — ?1342–?1413, English mystic and anchoress: best known for the Revelations of Divine Love describing her visions
  • jus primae noctis — droit du seigneur.
  • knock on the head — to daze or kill (a person) by striking on the head
  • knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
  • knocking-off time — the time when you finish work
  • know one's onions — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
  • know only by name — to be familiar with the name of but not know personally
  • know when to stop — If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people.
  • knowledge economy — an economy in which information services are dominant as an area of growth
  • knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
  • lebanon mountains — a mountain range extending the length of Lebanon, in the central part. Highest peak, 10,049 feet (3063 meters).
  • lost in the noise — Synonym lost in the underflow. This term is from signal processing, where signals of very small amplitude cannot be separated from low-intensity noise in the system. Though popular among hackers, it is not confined to hackerdom; physicists, engineers, astronomers, and statisticians all use it.
  • luminous efficacy — the quotient of the luminous flux of a radiation and its corresponding radiant flux
  • luminous exitance — the ability of a surface to emit light expressed as the luminous flux per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
  • magnetic monopole — a hypothetical very heavy particle with an isolated magnetic north pole or magnetic south pole.
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