16-letter words containing a, h, o, y
- close by/at hand — Something that is close by or close at hand is near to you.
- commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- cornelian cherry — a flowering tree of the dogwood family Cornus mas
- coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
- covariant theory — the principle that physical laws have the same form and interrelations in any system of coordinates in which they are expressed.
- crossbow archery — the sport of shooting with a crossbow
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- crystallographic — of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography.
- cyclohexamantane — (chemistry) A certain diamondoid, C26H30.
- cyclophosphamide — an alkylating agent used in the treatment of leukaemia and lymphomas
- cytoarchitecture — (biology) The arrangement of cells in an organism or organ.
- cytotrophoblasts — Plural form of cytotrophoblast.
- darwinian theory — Darwin's theory of evolution, which holds that all species of plants and animals developed from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations, and that natural selection determines which forms will survive
- daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
- dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
- deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
- diacetylmorphine — heroin.
- diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
- diethyltoluamide — a liquid, C 12 H 17 NO, used as an insect repellent and resin solvent.
- dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
- dimethoxymethane — methylal.
- dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
- diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
- discographically — In terms of discography.
- do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
- dodecyl aldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
- easy on the eyes — good looking, physically attractive
- echocardiography — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
- electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
- erymanthian boar — a wild boar that ravaged the district around Mount Erymanthus: captured by Hercules as his fourth labour
- erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
- flash photolysis — the study of photochemical reaction mechanisms in gases by analyzing spectroscopically the reaction products in a gas mixture irradiated with a powerful light flash.
- flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
- forefathers' day — the anniversary of the day (December 21, 1620, in Old Style December 11) on which the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. Owing to an error in changing the date from the Old Style to the New, it is generally observed on December 22.
- fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
- french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
- geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
- glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
- go to any length — the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
- grape phylloxera — See under phylloxera.