17-letter words containing lis
- listings magazine — a magazine with lists of TV and radio schedules
- m-expression lisp — (MLISP) The original "meta-language" syntax of Lisp, designed by John McCarthy in 1962. MLISP was intended for external use in place of the parenthesised S-expression syntax.
- materialistically — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- melissopalynology — The study of honey and its composition.
- multi-nationalism — a large corporation with operations and subsidiaries in several countries.
- nationalist china — China, Republic of.
- nationalistically — In a nationalistic manner.
- new english bible — an English translation (1970) of the Bible into contemporary idiom, directed by Anglican and other Protestant churches of Great Britain.
- non-materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- nonaccomplishment — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
- paternalistically — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- postmillennialism — the doctrine or belief that the second coming of Christ will follow the millennium.
- poststructuralism — a variation of structuralism, often seen as a critique, emphasizing plurality of meaning and instability of concepts that structuralism uses to define society, language, etc.
- presentationalism — a style of production in which the audience is addressed directly with songs, skits, exposition, etc., and no attempt is made at realism.
- pseudo-moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- recreationalist's — recreationist.
- semi-monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- socialist realism — a state-approved artistic or literary style in some socialist countries, as the U.S.S.R., that characteristically celebrates an idealized vision of the life and industriousness of the workers.
- spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
- super-nationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
- supra-nationalism — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- tertiary syphilis — the third stage of syphilis, characterized by involvement of the internal organs, especially the brain, spinal cord, heart, and liver.
- the establishment — a group or class of people having institutional authority within a society, esp those who control the civil service, the government, the armed forces, and the Church: usually identified with a conservative outlook
- transcendentalism — transcendental character, thought, or language.
- transcendentalist — transcendental character, thought, or language.
- unconventionalist — not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- unique id listing — (messaging) (UIDL) A system used by POP3 electronic mail servers to uniquely identify a mail message. Normally, a message is identified by its position in the list of messages but this will change when an earlier message is deleted. The UIDL is a fixed string of characters which is unique to the message. The UIDL of a message never changes and will never be reused, even when the message has been deleted from the user's mailbox.
- unlisted building — a building that is not amongst those buildings officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
- utopian socialism — (sometimes initial capital letter) an economic system based on the premise that if capital voluntarily surrendered its ownership of the means of production to the state or the workers, unemployment and poverty would be abolished.
- vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
- ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
- wallis and futuna — French overseas territory in the South Pacific, northeast of the Fiji Islands: it consists of two groups of islands (Wallis Islands and Futuna Islands): c. 106 sq mi (275 sq km); pop. 14,000
- war establishment — the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit
- well-accomplished — completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
- welsh nationalism — the political belief that Wales should be independent
- welsh nationalist — a person who believes that Wales should be independent
- white-nationalism — white supremacy.
- yellow journalism — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.