17-letter words that end in d
- haroun-al-raschid — Harun al-Rashid.
- heptanedioic acid — pimelic acid.
- hexacosanoic acid — cerotic acid.
- hexadecanoic acid — palmitic acid.
- historical method — the process of establishing general facts and principles through attention to chronology and to the evolution or historical course of what is being studied.
- hit over the head — to strike on the head
- hold one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
- homovanillic acid — the end product of dopamine metabolism, C 9 H 10 O 4 , found in human urine.
- hottentot's bread — elephant's-foot.
- hydrochloric acid — a colorless or faintly yellow, corrosive, fuming liquid, HCl, used chiefly in chemical and industrial processes.
- hydrofluoric acid — a colorless, fuming, corrosive liquid, HF, an aqueous solution of hydrogen fluoride, used chiefly for etching glass.
- hypochlorous acid — a weak, unstable acid, HOCl, existing only in solution and in the form of its salts, used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant.
- i can't be fagged — I can't be bothered
- if you don't mind — People use the expression if you don't mind when they are rejecting an offer or saying that they do not want to do something, especially when they are annoyed.
- immunocompromised — having an impaired or compromised immune response; immunodeficient.
- in (great) demand — If someone or something is in demand or in great demand, they are very popular and a lot of people want them.
- in all likelihood — very probably
- in the background — behind the focus of attention
- incubation period — the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.
- indoleacetic acid — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 10 H 9 NO 2 , a natural plant hormone, used especially for stimulating growth and root formation in plant cutting.
- industry standard — an established standard, norm, or requirement in a particular area of business
- institutionalised — to make institutional.
- institutionalized — to make institutional.
- intercommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of intercommunicate.
- intermediate card — a card used in the carding process to transfer sliver from the breaker card to the finisher card.
- internationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of internationalize.
- italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
- japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
- knock on the head — to daze or kill (a person) by striking on the head
- lagrange's method — a procedure for finding maximum and minimum values of a function of several variables when the variables are restricted by additional conditions.
- learning-disabled — pertaining to or having a learning disability: a learning-disabled child.
- least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
- lee harvey oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- light in the head — dizzy; giddy
- litigation friend — a person acting on behalf of an infant or other person under legal disability
- locked and loaded — [Military slang for an M-16 rifle with magazine inserted and prepared for firing] Said of a removable disk volume properly prepared for use - that is, locked into the drive and with the heads loaded. Ironically, because their heads are "loaded" whenever the power is up, this description is never used of Winchester drives (which are named after a rifle).
- long island sound — an arm of the Atlantic between Connecticut and Long Island. 90 miles (145 km) long.
- madonna and child — a representation of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus.
- man's best friend — a dog, especially as a pet.
- manitoulin island — an island in N Lake Huron belonging to Canada. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- martha's vineyard — an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. About 100 sq. mi. (259 sq. km).
- mean piston speed — The mean piston speed is the distance traveled by a piston in a specified amount of time.
- meech lake accord — the agreement reached in 1987 at Meech Lake, Quebec, at a Canadian federal-provincial conference that accepted Quebec's conditions for signing the Constitution Act of 1982. The Accord lapsed when the legislatures of two provinces, Newfoundland and Quebec, failed to ratify it by the deadline of June 23, 1990
- mentally impaired — with reduced or weakened mental capacity
- metaperiodic acid — the crystalline compound HIO4, an oxyacid of iodine
- metatungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2W4O13
- methylacetic acid — propionic acid.
- microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
- microminiaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of microminiaturize.