16-letter words containing d, i, r, t, y, o
- shorthand typist — A shorthand typist is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office.
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- street directory — a directory containing an alphabetical list of streets along with other information such as the names and addresses of householders and tradespeople
- strongyloidiasis — an intestinal disease caused by infection with the nematode worm Strongyloides stercoralis
- tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- to dip your toes — If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
- tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
- top drive system — A top drive system is a system which includes a motor that turns the drill string, used instead of the kelly.
- tourist industry — the people, activities, and organizations involved in providing services for people on holiday, for example hotels, restaurants, and tour guides
- triiodothyronine — Biochemistry. a thyroid hormone, C 15 H 12 I 3 NO 4 , similar to thyroxine but several times more potent.
- un-contradictory — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- white-eyed vireo — a vireo, Vireo griseus, of eastern North America, having olive, yellow, and white plumage, a yellow ring around each eye, and white irises.
- white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
- windows registry — (operating system) The database used by Microsoft Windows 95 and later to store all sorts of configuration information such as which program should be used to open a .doc file, DLL registration information, application-specific settings and much more. The Registry is stored in .dat files, one in the user's profile containing their per-user settings and one in the Windows directory containing settings that are global to all users. These are loaded into memory at login. The loaded data appears as a tree with five main branches: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT defines file types and actions, HKEY_CURRENT_USER is an alias for one of the sub-trees of HKEY_USERS and contains user settings that override the global defaults in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The branches of the tree are called "keys" and are identified by paths like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. Any node in the tree can have zero or more "values" which are actually bindings of a name and a value, e.g. "Logon User Name" = "Denis". The value can be of type string, binary, dword (long integer), multi-string value or expandable string value. Windows includes a Registry Editor (regedit.exe).