16-letter words containing a, c, h, y
- research library — a general or specialized library that collects materials for use in intensive research projects.
- rhabdomyosarcoma — a malignant tumor made up of striated muscle tissue.
- rhynchocephalian — belonging or pertaining to the Rhynchocephalia, an order of lizardlike reptiles that are extinct except for the tuatara.
- safety mechanism — a psychological or physiological response in an individual that protects the individual from harm
- scarborough lily — a plant, Vallota speciosa, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers.
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
- shipping company — business that sends goods overseas
- showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- smack in the eye — a snub or setback
- social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
- speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
- spraying machine — a device for spraying large volumes of liquid, such as insecticide onto crops
- statutory change — a change in the law
- surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- taft-hartley act — an act of the U.S. Congress (1947) that supersedes but continues most of the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act and that, in addition, provides for an eighty-day injunction against strikes that endanger public health and safety and bans closed shops, featherbedding, secondary boycotts, jurisdictional strikes, and certain other union practices.
- the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
- the early church — the Christian church in the centuries immediately following Christ's death
- the eternal city — Rome
- the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- to carry the can — If you have to carry the can, you have to take all the blame for something.
- to carry the day — If someone carries the day, they are the winner in a contest such as a battle, debate, or sporting competition.
- to cut both ways — If you say that something cuts both ways, you mean that it can have two opposite effects, or can have both good and bad effects.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- way of the cross — stations of the cross.
- x-ray technician — a technician who specializes in taking and processing x-rays, especially in a hospital or clinic.
- yachting regatta — a sailing competition
- yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them
- yellow archangel — a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- yet another yacc — (tool) (Yay) An extension of Yacc with LALR2 parsing. Yay is available from Bull as part of the University of Waterloo Tools package maintained by <[email protected]>.