16-letter words containing a, s, h, e, r

missile launcher — system that fires missiles
morera's theorem — the theorem that a function is analytic in a simply connected domain if its integral is zero around every simple closed curve of finite length in the domain.
mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
mount erymanthus — a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)
mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
muddy the waters — If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
munching squares — A display hack dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T - see HAKMEM items 146--148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the LISP Machine, have been christened "munching triangles" (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), "munching w's", and "munching mazes". More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as "munching foos". [This is a good example of the use of the word foo as a metasyntactic variable.]
narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
nash equilibrium — (in game theory) a stable state of a system involving the interaction of two or more players in which no player can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the other players remain unchanged
neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
neurohypophyseal — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
new smyrna beach — a town in NE Florida.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
non-apprehension — anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
on her beam-ends — (of a vessel) heeled over through an angle of 90°
on the scrapheap — (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
open parenthesis — left parenthesis
open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
organophosphates — Plural form of organophosphate.
orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
over the transom — by unsolicited submission, as to a publisher
overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
padded shoulders — (on a garment) shoulders lined, stuffed, or filled out with soft material, esp in order to give them a higher or wider shape
palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
parallel haskell — (language, parallel) (pH) A parallel variant of Haskell incorporating ideas from Id and Sisal. pH is under development. Mailing list: [email protected]
parkerhouse roll — a yeast roll shaped by folding over a flat, round piece of buttered dough
parrot's-feather — a South American water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, having hairlike pinnate leaves, widely cultivated as an aquarium plant.
particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
pascal's theorem — the theorem that the lines joining adjacent vertices of a hexagon intersect the same straight line if alternate vertices lie on two intersecting straight lines.
pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
pencil sharpener — tool for sharpening pencils to a point
people's charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness

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