14-letter words containing h, e, n, r, y, c
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
- hyperenergetic — extremely or excessively energetic
- hyperexcretion — excessive excretion
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperresonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- hypersecretion — an excessive secretion.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- mother country — the country of one's birth or ancestry.
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- pitch cylinder — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- rhythm section — band instruments, as drums or bass, that supply rhythm rather than harmony or melody.
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- scratch monkey — (humour) As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed. This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto. Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology. Mabel suffered an untimely demise one day when a DEC engineer troubleshooting a crash on the program's VAX inadvertently interfered with some custom hardware that was wired to Mabel. It is reported that, after calming down an understandably irate customer sufficiently to ascertain the facts of the matter, a DEC troubleshooter called up the field circus manager responsible and asked him sweetly, "Can you swim?" Not all the consequences to humans were so amusing; the sysop of the machine in question was nearly thrown in jail at the behest of certain clueless droids at the local "humane" society. The moral is clear: When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey. A corespondent adds: The details you give are somewhat consistent with the version I recall from the Digital "War Stories" notesfile, but the name "Mabel" and the swimming bit were not mentioned, IIRC. Also, there's a very detailed account that claims that three monkies died in the incident, not just one. I believe Eric Postpischil wrote the original story at DEC, so his coming back with a different version leads me to wonder whether there ever was a real Scratch Monkey incident.
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- synchronoscope — synchroscope.
- terotechnology — a branch of technology that utilizes management, financial, and engineering expertise in the installation and efficient operation and maintenance of equipment and machinery
- theocentricity — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.