17-letter words that end in s
- elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
- emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
- employee benefits — benefits, such as health insurance, pension payments, or childcare, given to employees in addition to their usual salary or wage
- encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
- enrolment figures — the numbers of people enrolling at an institution, on a course, etc
- environmentalists — Plural form of environmentalist.
- equivalence class — (mathematics) An equivalence class is a subset whose elements are related to each other by an equivalence relation. The equivalence classes of a set under some relation form a partition of that set (i.e. any two are either equal or disjoint and every element of the set is in some class).
- eudoxus of cnidus — ?406–?355 bc, Greek astronomer and mathematician; believed to have calculated the length of the solar year
- exemplary damages — law: fine imposed as a deterrent
- exhaust emissions — Exhaust emissions are substances that come out of an exhaust system into the atmosphere.
- extension courses — courses offered to outsiders by an educational establishment
- extraordinariness — The property of being extraordinary.
- extraterrestrials — Plural form of extraterrestrial.
- facts and figures — details; precise information
- faint-heartedness — lack of courage
- fall on deaf ears — the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- fashion-conscious — interested in, and wanting to wear, fashionable clothes
- feathered friends — Birds are sometimes referred to as our feathered friends.
- field penny-cress — the common penny-cress, Thlaspi arvense.
- 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
- fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
- follow the hounds — to hunt a fox, etc. on horseback with hounds
- foreign relations — (used with a singular verb) the field of foreign affairs: an expert in foreign relations.
- forward contracts — Forward contracts are agreements to buy something in the future for a price that has been agreed today.
- four-letter words — any of a number of short words, usually of four letters, considered offensive or vulgar because of their reference to excrement or sex.
- from soup to nuts — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- from the rooftops — If you shout something from the rooftops, you say it or announce it in a very public way.
- fuss and feathers — an excessively elaborate or pretentious display; ostentation.
- galapagos islands — a group of 15 islands in the Pacific west of Ecuador, of which they form a province: discovered (1535) by the Spanish; main settlement on San Cristóbal. Pop: 18 640 (2001). Area: 7844 sq km (3028 sq miles)
- garden apartments — a complex of low apartment buildings surrounded by lawn or landscaped areas
- general paralysis — a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
- general semantics — a philosophical approach to language, developed by Alfred Korzybski, exploring the relationship between the form of language and its use and attempting to improve the capacity to express ideas.
- gentleman-at-arms — (in England) one of a guard of 40 gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions.
- get off the grass — an exclamation of disbelief
- get one's jollies — to have fun or get pleasure; often, specif., from that which is cheap or disreputable
- gi bill of rights — any of various Congressional bills enacted to provide funds for college educations, home-buying loans, and other benefits for armed-services veterans.
- give the business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- globus hystericus — the sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.
- go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
- go-faster stripes — (jargon) chrome. Mainstream in some parts of UK.
- going to the dogs — If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality.
- golden alexanders — a plant, Zizia aurea, of the parsley family, native to eastern North America, having compound leaves and umbels of yellow flowers.
- great awakening's — the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.
- greensand process — a process for casting iron with sand not previously heated.
- ground provisions — starchy vegetables, esp root crops and plantains
- gustavus adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- gustavus-adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
- harmonic analysis — the calculation of Fourier series and their generalization.
- hasbrouck heights — a borough in NE New Jersey.