20-letter words containing e, y, t, o, h
- honeysuckle ornament — anthemion.
- horizontally opposed — A horizontally opposed engine has the cylinders set horizontally at either side of the crankshaft.
- hudson's bay blanket — a woollen blanket with wide stripes
- human interest story — news item about people's lives
- human-interest story — a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, designed to engage attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- hydrodesulfurization — desulfurization by catalytic agents of the sulfur-rich hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum or the like during cracking or hydrocracking.
- hydrostatic pressure — Hydrostatic pressure is the pressure exerted by a liquid that depends on how deep it is.
- hyperadrenocorticism — Cushing's syndrome.
- hyperbolic cotangent — a hyperbolic function that is the ratio of cosh to sinh, being the reciprocal of tanh; coth
- hypercholesterolemia — the presence of an excessive amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- hypercholesterolemic — (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypercholesterolemia.
- hyperhomocysteinemia — (medicine) The presence of an excessive amount of homocysteine in the blood.
- hyperlipoproteinemia — Pathology. any of various disorders of lipoprotein metabolism, usually characterized by abnormally high levels of cholesterol and certain lipoproteins in the blood.
- hypodermic injection — the injection of a medicine or drug under the skin
- immunohistochemistry — the application of immunologic techniques to the chemical analysis of cells and tissues.
- in the lap of luxury — If you say that someone lives in the lap of luxury, you mean that they live in conditions of great comfort and wealth.
- infrared photography — photography using film with an emulsion that is sensitive to infrared light, enabling it to be used in misty weather, in darkened interiors, or at night. It has applications in aerial surveys, the detection of forgeries, etc
- insulin-coma therapy — a former treatment for mental illness, especially schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
- interpersonal theory — the theory that personality development and behavior disorders are related to and determined by relationships between persons.
- juno and the paycock — a play (1924) by Sean O'Casey.
- keep your mouth shut — If you keep your mouth shut about something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret.
- liberty of the press — freedom of the press.
- linguistic geography — dialect geography.
- liturgy of the hours — a revision (promulgated in 1970) of the arrangement and texts of the Divine Office
- llywelyn ap iorwerth — called Llywelyn the Great. died 1240, prince of Gwynedd, N Wales (1194–1238), who extended his rule over most of Wales
- lonely hearts column — the part of a newspaper or magazine where lonely hearts ads appear
- magnetohydrodynamics — the branch of physics that deals with the motion of electrically conductive fluids, especially plasmas, in magnetic fields. Abbreviation: MHD.
- membranous labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- methyl chloroformate — a colorless liquid, C 2 H 3 ClO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- methyl propyl ketone — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 5 H 1 0 O, used chiefly as a solvent, especially in lacquers.
- methyl styryl ketone — benzylidene acetone.
- moreton bay chestnut — an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture
- multistep hydroplane — a motorship having a flat bottom built as a series of planes inclined forward, the ship planing on each from stem to stern as its speed increases.
- neuropsychiatrically — In terms of neuropsychiatry.
- new england theology — Calvinism as modified and interpreted by the descendants of the Puritans in New England, especially Jonathan Edwards, becoming the dominant theology there from about 1730 to 1880.
- nondirective therapy — client-centered therapy.
- occupational therapy — a form of therapy in which patients are encouraged to engage in vocational tasks or expressive activities, as art or dance, usually in a social setting.
- of (the) deepest dye — of the most marked, esp. the worst, sort
- olfactory anesthesia — absence or loss of the sense of smell.
- on the factory floor — in a factory; as a factory worker
- on the shady side of — beyond (a given age); older than
- on the sunny side of — younger than (a specified age)
- one's misspent youth — the period when one is young and spend's one's time doing foolish, bad, or frivolous things
- ophthalmodynamometer — a device for determining the nearest point of ocular convergence.
- orthognathic surgery — the surgical correction of deformities or malpositions of the jaw.
- ousterhout's fallacy — Ousterhout's dichotomy
- overenthusiastically — With excessive enthusiasm.
- paper chromatography — the separation of mixtures into their constituents by preferential adsorption by a solid, as a column of silica (column chromatography) or a strip of filter paper (paper chromatography) or by a gel.
- pass the time of day — to exchange casual greetings (with an acquaintance)
- pave the way for sth — If one thing paves the way for another, it creates a situation in which it is possible or more likely that the other thing will happen.