17-letter words that end in st
- reconstructionist — an advocate or supporter of Reconstruction or Reconstructionism.
- redistributionist — a person who believes in, advocates, or supports income redistribution.
- significance test — (in hypothesis testing) a test of whether the alternative hypothesis achieves the predetermined significance level in order to be accepted in preference to the null hypothesis
- sixty-fourth rest — a rest equal in time value to a sixty-fourth note.
- slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- sleeper terrorist — a terrorist who is not currently active but assumes a guise in order to be in position, unsuspected, for future terrorist activities
- southeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of southeast. Abbreviation: SEbE.
- southwest by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of southwest. Abbreviation: SWbW.
- take sth on trust — If you take something on trust after having heard or read it, you believe it completely without checking it.
- the barbary coast — a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries
- thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
- to do one's worst — If someone does their worst, they do everything unpleasant that they can possibly do. You can say 'do your worst' to show someone that you are not frightened of what they may do.
- transcendentalist — transcendental character, thought, or language.
- transformationist — transformist.
- unconventionalist — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- unity of interest — the equal interest in property held by joint tenants
- wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
- welsh nationalist — a person who believes that Wales should be independent