27-letter words containing d, o, r, y
- thyroid-stimulating hormone — thyrotropin. Abbreviation: TSH.
- to fall over yourself to do — If you say that people are falling over themselves to do something, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about doing it, and often that you disapprove of this.
- to give your word of honour — to solemnly promise
- to go part way to doing sth — to partially achieve something; go some way towards doing something
- to invade someone's privacy — If someone or something invades your privacy, they interfere in your life without your permission.
- to make your blood run cold — If you say that something makes your blood run cold or makes your blood freeze, you mean that it makes you feel very frightened.
- to rear/raise its ugly head — If you say that something unpleasant or embarrassing rears its ugly head or raises its ugly head, you mean that it occurs, often after not occurring for some time.
- to send someone to coventry — If people send you to Coventry, they avoid speaking to you whenever they meet you, as a way of punishing you for something that you have done.
- to stop dead in your tracks — If someone or something stops you in your tracks, or if you stop dead in your tracks, you suddenly stop moving because you are very surprised, impressed, or frightened.
- trichlorophenoxyacetic acid — an insoluble crystalline solid; 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid. It is a plant hormone and is used as a weedkiller. Formula: C8H5Cl3O3
- wernicke-korsakoff syndrome — a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by abnormal eye movements, incoordination, confusion, and impaired memory and learning functions, caused by thiamine deficiency, and observed in chronic alcoholism.
- window random access memory — (hardware, storage) (WRAM, Window RAM) A kind of RAM which is faster than VRAM. WRAM is used in the Matrox MGA Millennium video display card and almost certainly elsewhere.
- yeoman of the (royal) guard — a member of a ceremonial guard for the British royal family, made up traditionally of 100 men