17-letter words containing h, e, n, r, y, o
- once over lightly — a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
- once-over-lightly — a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
- organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
- paleoanthropology — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
- perchloroethylene — tetrachloroethylene.
- personality clash — friction between two people who have different personalities or points of view
- phantom pregnancy — the occurrence of signs of pregnancy, such as enlarged abdomen and absence of menstruation, when no embryo is present, due to hormonal imbalance
- phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
- plymouth brethren — a religious sect founded c. 1827, strongly Puritanical in outlook and prohibiting many secular occupations for its members. It combines elements of Calvinism, Pietism, and millenarianism, and has no organized ministry
- polymorphonuclear — (of a leukocyte) having a lobulate nucleus.
- polystyrene chips — small pieces of polystyrene used for insulating or packing
- priority check-in — Priority check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in without waiting in a line.
- protein synthesis — the process by which amino acids are linearly arranged into proteins through the involvement of ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, messenger RNA, and various enzymes.
- pull your head in — be quiet!
- pythagorean scale — the major scale as derived acoustically by Pythagoras from the perfect fifth.
- radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
- regent honeyeater — a large brightly-coloured Australian honeyeater, Zanthomiza phrygia
- respiratory chain — a series of mitochondrial proteins that transport electrons of hydrogen, released in the Krebs cycle, from acetyl coenzyme A to inhaled oxygen to form H 2 O: the energy released in the process is conserved as ATP.
- reticulate python — a python, Python reticulatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, sometimes growing to a length of 32 feet (10 meters): usually considered to be the largest snake in the world.
- rocket technology — the technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets
- rub the wrong way — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- scientific theory — a coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation: the scientific theory of evolution.
- shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
- sixty-fourth note — a note having one sixty-fourth of the time value of a whole note; hemidemisemiquaver.
- spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
- spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
- spongy parenchyma — the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces.
- stage-door johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
- sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
- surprise symphony — the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn.
- sydenham's chorea — a form of chorea affecting children, often associated with rheumatic fever
- synchronous speed — the speed at which an alternating-current machine must operate to generate electromotive force at a given frequency.
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- the penny dropped — If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something.
- the underemployed — underemployed people
- theory of numbers — number theory.
- trichloroethylene — a colorless, poisonous liquid, C 2 HCl 3 , used chiefly as a degreasing agent for metals and as a solvent, especially in dry cleaning, for fats, oils, and waxes. Abbreviation: TCE.
- try one's hand at — to attempt (to do something), esp. for the first time
- twenty-four hours — the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; a whole day
- uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- undulatory theory — wave theory (def 1).
- verkhoyansk range — a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, in E Siberia, Russia. About 600 miles (970 km) long.
- voice synthesizer — a computer system that is used to artificially produce the human voice
- whiskey rebellion — a revolt of settlers in western Pennsylvania in 1794 against a federal excise tax on whiskey: suppressed by militia called out by President George Washington to establish the authority of the federal government.
- woolly rhinoceros — an extinct rhinoceros; Coelodonta antiquitatis
- worth every penny — If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.
- yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.
- youthful offender — a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.