18-letter words containing d, i, s, n, h
- microsloth windows — (abuse, operating system) /mi:'kroh-sloth" win"dohz/ (Or "Windoze", /win'dohz/) A derogatory term for Microsoft Windows which is so limited by bug-for-bug compatibility with mess-dos that it is agonisingly slow on anything less than a fast 486. Also called just "Windoze", with the implication that you can fall asleep waiting for it to do anything; the latter term is extremely common on Usenet. Compare X, sun-stools.
- mohammed ibn-kasim — flourished early 8th century a.d, Muslim conqueror of the Sind region in India.
- netherlands guiana — a former name of Suriname.
- neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
- north bedfordshire — a city in Bedfordshire, in central England.
- northeast corridor — the long, narrow strip of land between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., containing many adjacent urban areas.
- on the credit side — You say on the credit side in order to introduce one or more good things about a situation or person, usually when you have already mentioned the bad things about them.
- on the danger list — critically ill in hospital
- orthotungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2WO4
- packet switch node — (PSN) A dedicated computer whose purpose is to accept, route and forward packets in a packet-switched network.
- parathyroid glands — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
- pennsylvania dutch — the descendants of 17th- and 18th-century settlers in Pennsylvania from southwest Germany and Switzerland.
- phosphatidylserine — any of a class of phospholipids occurring in biological membranes and fats
- phosphonium iodide — a colorless to slightly yellowish, crystalline, water-soluble solid, PH 4 I, used in chemical synthesis.
- photodecomposition — the breaking down of molecules by radiant energy.
- physical education — systematic instruction in sports, exercises, and hygiene given as part of a school or college program.
- pitch-and-run shot — chip shot.
- price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
- process scheduling — multitasking
- pseudo-anarchistic — a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
- pull one's head in — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- puvis de chavannes — Puvis de [py-vee duh] /püˈvi də/ (Show IPA), Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre.
- pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
- residential school — (in Canada) a boarding school maintained by the Canadian government for Indian and Inuit children from sparsely populated settlements
- rhode island white — one of a dual-purpose American breed of chickens having white feathers and a rose comb.
- rufous hummingbird — a reddish-brown hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, of western North America.
- saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
- say/kiss goodnight — If you say goodnight to someone or kiss them goodnight, you say something such as 'Goodnight' to them or kiss them before one of you goes home or goes to sleep.
- scottish deerhound — one of a Scottish breed of large, tall hunting dogs having a medium-length, wiry, gray or reddish-fawn coat, originally developed for hunting and bringing down deer, and known as the royal dog of Scotland.
- secondary syphilis — the second stage of syphilis, characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane.
- self-comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- sharp-shinned hawk — a North American hawk, Accipiter striatus, having extremely slender legs, a bluish-gray back, and a white, rusty-barred breast.
- shift one's ground — to change one's argument or defense
- shipping documents — documents relating to the sending of a shipment of goods, for example containing details of contents, weight, value etc.
- sign of the zodiac — one of the twelve constellations along the path of the ecliptic.
- sindbad the sailor — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.
- sit on one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- slim hole drilling — Slim hole drilling is drilling a well in which at least 90 percent of the hole has a diameter of seven inches or less.
- sodium thiocyanate — a white powder or colorless, deliquescent crystals, NaSCN, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in medicine in the treatment of hypertension.
- solid-fuel heating — heating that uses solid fuel, such as coal or coke
- song without words — a song which only consists of a tune or melody and does not have any lyrics
- sonic depth finder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- southampton island — an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories at the entrance to Hudson Bay. 19,100 sq. mi. (49,470 sq. km).
- southern rhodesian — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
- strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
- submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
- sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
- sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
- swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
- synthetic division — a simplified procedure for dividing a polynomial by a linear polynomial.