16-letter words containing a, h, o, y

secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
shaggy dog story — a funny story, traditionally about a talking dog, that, after an often long and involved narration of unimportant incidents, has an absurd or irrelevant punch line.
shaggy-dog story — a funny story, traditionally about a talking dog, that, after an often long and involved narration of unimportant incidents, has an absurd or irrelevant punch line.
share and enjoy! — 1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements and README files, this phrase indicates allegiance to the hacker ethic of free information sharing (see hacker ethic). 2. The motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (the ultimate gaggle of incompetent suits) in Douglas Adams's "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The irony of using this as a cultural recognition signal appeals to freeware hackers.
sharpe's grysbok — either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei (Sharpe's grysbok) having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.
shipping company — business that sends goods overseas
shoemaker-levy 9 — a comet that was captured into an orbit around Jupiter and later broke up, the fragments colliding with Jupiter in July 1995
shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
shorthand typist — A shorthand typist is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office.
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.
simeon ben yohai — flourished 2nd century a.d, Palestinian rabbi.
simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
soft pornography — soft-core pornography.
sooty shearwater — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
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.
sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
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.
take holy orders — to become ordained
tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
the devil to pay — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
the easy way out — least demanding solution
the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
the one and only — incomparable and unique
the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
the years of sth — the period when sth happened or existed
there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
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.
to play the fool — If you play the fool or act the fool, you behave in a playful, childish, and foolish way, usually in order to make other people laugh.
to say the least — at the minimum
to try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration

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