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16-letter words containing h, e, l, r, y

  • alder flycatcher — a North American flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, of alder thickets and other moist areas, that has greenish-brown upper parts and whitish underparts and is almost indistinguishable except by voice from E. traillii (willow flycatcher)
  • allegheny spurge — a low, shrubby evergreen plant, Pachysandra procumbens, having spikes of white or purplish flowers, native to the southeastern U.S. and widely cultivated as a ground cover.
  • alphanumerically — In an alphanumeric manner; using alphanumeric characters.
  • archaeologically — In an archaeological manner.
  • armillary sphere — a model of the celestial sphere consisting of rings representing the relative positions of the celestial equator, ecliptic, etc, used by early astronomers for determining the positions of stars
  • arthur wellesley1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
  • astroarchaeology — archaeoastronomy.
  • black chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
  • blue huckleberry — tangleberry.
  • bog whortleberry — a plant, Vaccinium uliginosum, of mountain regions, having pink flowers and black fruits
  • bright and early — very early in the morning
  • bush huckleberry — a huckleberry shrub, Gaylussacia dumosa, having sticky, hairy twigs, white or pink flowers, and tasteless but edible black fruit.
  • butterfly orchid — an orchid (Oncidium papilio) with reddish flowers, native to South America
  • butterfly scheme — A parallel version of Scheme for the BBN Butterfly computer.
  • caryophyllaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caryophyllaceae, a family of flowering plants including the pink, carnation, sweet william, and chickweed
  • cash on delivery — If you pay for goods cash on delivery, you pay for them in cash when they are delivered. The abbreviation C.O.D. is also used.
  • catachrestically — In a catachrestic way.
  • centrally heated — A centrally heated building or room has central heating.
  • chemoprophylaxis — the prevention of disease using chemical drugs
  • chernobyl packet — (networking)   /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, named in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ethernet address and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare Christmas tree packet.
  • chiclet keyboard — (hardware, abuse)   A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of Chiclets chewing gum. Used especially to describe the original IBM PCjr keyboard. Vendors unanimously liked these because they were cheap, and a lot of early portable and laptop computers were launched with them. Customers rejected the idea with almost equal unanimity, and chiclets are not often seen on anything larger than a digital watch any more.
  • cholecystography — radiography of the gall bladder after administration of a contrast medium
  • chryselephantine — (of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory
  • cornelian cherry — a flowering tree of the dogwood family Cornus mas
  • crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
  • cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
  • d-glyceraldehyde — an isomer of glyceraldehyde in which the OH group is on the right side of the asymmetric carbon atom.
  • daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
  • dendrochronology — the study of the annual rings of trees, used esp to date past events
  • diacetylmorphine — heroin.
  • dichlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing two chlorine atoms.
  • diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
  • diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • disorderly house — a house of prostitution; brothel.
  • dorothy canfieldDorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
  • electrochemistry — The branch of chemistry that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena.
  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
  • electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
  • electrophilicity — (chemistry, uncountable) the condition of being electrophilic.
  • electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
  • erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
  • flying phalanger — any of various small phalangers of Australia and New Guinea, having a parachutelike fold of skin on each side of the body to give gliding assistance in leaping.

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