17-letter words that end in es
- aerobic-exercises — Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
- alcala de henares — city in central Spain, near Madrid: pop. 159,000
- anthropomorphises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthropomorphise.
- antihypertensives — Plural form of antihypertensive.
- archconservatives — Plural form of archconservative.
- arithmetic-series — a sequence in which each term is obtained by the addition of a constant number to the preceding term, as 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, and 6, 1, −4, −9, −14.
- as far as it goes — If you say that something is good as far as it goes or true so far as it goes, you mean that it is good or true only to a limited extent.
- as the crow flies — If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
- associated states — Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, which had the status of associated statehood
- at cross purposes — an opposing or contrary purpose.
- at cross-purposes — If people are at cross-purposes, they do not understand each other because they are working towards or talking about different things without realizing it.
- axis of ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- axis-of-ordinates — y-axis (def 1).
- beer and skittles — enjoyment or pleasure
- behind the scenes — happening or conducted out of view of the general public: The behind-the-scenes preparations made the convention a huge success.
- behind-the-scenes — If something is done behind the scenes, it is done secretly rather than publicly.
- bell laboratories — One of AT&T's research sites, in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. It was the birthplace of the transistor, Unix, C and C++ and the current home of research on Plan 9 and ODE.
- between ourselves — in confidence; as a secret
- between two fires — between two attacks; shot at, criticized, etc. from both sides
- board of trustees — a governing board which directs the policies of an educational institution
- boots and saddles — a bugle call formerly used in the US Cavalry to summon soldiers to mount
- candidate species — any plant or animal species that is a candidate for designation as an endangered species or threatened species.
- casting the runes — (jargon) What a guru does when you ask him or her to run a particular program because it never works for anyone else; especially used when nobody can ever see what the guru is doing different from what J. Random Luser does. Compare incantation, runes, examining the entrails; also see the AI koan about Tom Knight.
- catholic epistles — the epistles of James, I and II Peter, I John, and Jude, which were addressed to the universal Church rather than to an individual or a particular church
- charge d'affaires — A chargé d'affaires is a person appointed to act as head of a diplomatic mission in a foreign country while the ambassador is away.
- choanoflagellates — Plural form of choanoflagellate.
- cholecystectomies — Plural form of cholecystectomy.
- compartmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compartmentalize.
- complementarities — Plural form of complementarity.
- concertmistresses — Plural form of concertmistress.
- conventionalities — Plural form of conventionality.
- coronary arteries — either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply the heart muscle with blood.
- counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
- counteroffensives — Plural form of counteroffensive.
- countersignatures — Plural form of countersignature.
- credit facilities — a type of loan made by a bank
- cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
- disproportionates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disproportionate.
- dutch east indies — a former name of the Republic of Indonesia.
- dutch west indies — a Netherlands overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, N and NE of Venezuela; includes the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, and St. Eustatius, and the S part of St. Martin: considered an integral part of the Dutch realm. 366 sq. mi. (948 sq. km). Capital: Willemstad.
- ectoparasiticides — Plural form of ectoparasiticide.
- enrolment figures — the numbers of people enrolling at an institution, on a course, etc
- exemplary damages — law: fine imposed as a deterrent
- extension courses — courses offered to outsiders by an educational establishment
- facts and figures — details; precise information
- financial futures — futures in a stock-exchange index, currency exchange rate, or interest rate enabling banks, building societies, brokers, and speculators to hedge their involvement in these markets
- first-aid classes — classes which teach people how to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- get one's jollies — to have fun or get pleasure; often, specif., from that which is cheap or disreputable
- go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
- go-faster stripes — (jargon) chrome. Mainstream in some parts of UK.
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