14-letter words containing c, r, e, n, s, h
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
- northern cross — six stars in the constellation Cygnus, arranged in the form of a cross.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
- oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
- on the surface — to all appearances
- onchocerciasis — an infestation with filarial worms of the genus Onchocerca, common in tropical America and Africa, transmitted by black flies, and characterized by nodules under the skin, an itchy rash, eye lesions, and in severe cases, elephantiasis.
- one-horse race — if a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will definitely win it
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- orchestrations — Plural form of orchestration.
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- orphan process — (operating system) A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)". Compare zombie.
- orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
- osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- paschen series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phenolic resin — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- phosphorescent — exhibiting phosphorescence.
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
- pro-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
- prosencephalon — the forebrain.
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- recent changes — Recent changes to FOLDOC.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- residence hall — Residence halls are buildings with rooms or apartments, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the school year.
- rhythm section — band instruments, as drums or bass, that supply rhythm rather than harmony or melody.
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- scented orchid — a slender orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, with fragrant pink flowers carried in a dense spike and having a three-lobed lip; found in calcareous turf
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schizo-phrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- schoolchildren — a child attending school.
- sconcheon arch — an archway that includes the sconcheons of a door or window.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
- scratch monkey — (humour) As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed. This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto. Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology. Mabel suffered an untimely demise one day when a DEC engineer troubleshooting a crash on the program's VAX inadvertently interfered with some custom hardware that was wired to Mabel. It is reported that, after calming down an understandably irate customer sufficiently to ascertain the facts of the matter, a DEC troubleshooter called up the field circus manager responsible and asked him sweetly, "Can you swim?" Not all the consequences to humans were so amusing; the sysop of the machine in question was nearly thrown in jail at the behest of certain clueless droids at the local "humane" society. The moral is clear: When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey. A corespondent adds: The details you give are somewhat consistent with the version I recall from the Digital "War Stories" notesfile, but the name "Mabel" and the swimming bit were not mentioned, IIRC. Also, there's a very detailed account that claims that three monkies died in the incident, not just one. I believe Eric Postpischil wrote the original story at DEC, so his coming back with a different version leads me to wonder whether there ever was a real Scratch Monkey incident.
- screen refresh — refresh rate