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17-letter words containing n, s, h, e, l

  • choanoflagellates — Plural form of choanoflagellate.
  • chukchi peninsula — a peninsula in the extreme NE of Russia, in NE Siberia: mainly tundra
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • civil partnership — A civil partnership is a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that is similar to marriage.
  • classical chinese — a written form of Chinese used from about the 5th century b.c. to 220 a.d.
  • cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
  • close parenthesis — right parenthesis
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • close the door on — rule out, exclude
  • close to the bone — If something is too close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something.
  • close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • cohesionless soil — any free-running type of soil, such as sand or gravel, whose strength depends on friction between particles
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • continental shelf — The continental shelf is the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.
  • coral honeysuckle — trumpet honeysuckle.
  • counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
  • cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
  • d-shell connector — (hardware)   One of the family of connectors: DA-15, DB-25, DC-37, DD-50, DE-9, and DEH-15 [VGA]. The "D" is the shape of the shell, the next letter determines connector size, and the number is the maximum pin count.
  • daphnis and chloe — two lovers in pastoral literature, esp in a prose idyll attributed to the Greek writer Longus
  • dead man's handle — a safety switch on a piece of machinery, such as a train, that allows operation only while depressed by the operator
  • deadly nightshade — a poisonous Eurasian solanaceous plant, Atropa belladonna, having dull purple bell-shaped flowers and small very poisonous black berries
  • debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
  • dehospitalization — hospitalization insurance.
  • dehydrochlorinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen and chlorine atoms or ions from chlorinated hydrocarbons.
  • dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
  • dephosphorylation — the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound, as in the changing of ATP to ADP.
  • designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
  • dishonourableness — Alternative spelling of dishonorableness.
  • displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
  • down-at-the-heels — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
  • drink like a fish — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
  • electric strength — the maximum voltage sustainable by an insulating material, after which it loses its insulating properties
  • electroanesthesia — Anesthesia induced by cranial electrotherapy stimulation.
  • elementary school — primary school
  • encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
  • english breakfast — An English breakfast is a breakfast consisting of cooked food such as bacon, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes. It also includes toast and tea or coffee.
  • english shellcode — (security)   A kind of malware that is embedded in ordinary English sentences. English shellcode attempts to avoid detection by antivirus software by making the code resemble, e.g. e-mail text or Wikipedia entries. It was first revealed by researchers at Johns Hopkins.
  • establishing shot — Cinema
  • ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
  • ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
  • facsimile machine — a machine which transmits and receives documents in facsimile transmission
  • fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
  • female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
  • flight instrument — any instrument used to indicate the altitude, attitude, airspeed, drift, or direction of an aircraft.
  • flight supplement — an additional charge payable on the price of an air ticket
  • florentine stitch — a straight stitch worked in a high and low relief pattern to form a variety of zigzag or oblique designs.
  • fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
  • follow the hounds — to hunt a fox, etc. on horseback with hounds
  • french somaliland — a former name of Djibouti (def 1).
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