17-letter words containing h, e, r, d, t, s
- acme screw thread — a type of screw thread having inclined flat flanks and a flat top and bottom: used in machine tools
- ascend the throne — to become king or queen
- ashton-under-lyne — a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 43 236 (2001)
- bacteriorhodopsin — a purple protein containing retinal and found in the plasma membrane of certain bacteria (genus Halobacterium): it directly supplies electrochemical energy from sunlight
- baseboard heating — a heating system by pipes, through which steam or hot water circulates, near the base of the walls of rooms
- beat a dead horse — to argue an issue that is already settled
- belted kingfisher — a grayish-blue, North American kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, having a white breast marked with a grayish-blue band.
- blood cholesterol — a measurement of the amount of cholesterol in someone's blood
- branch delay slot — delayed control-transfer
- broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
- chapter and verse — If you say that someone gives you chapter and verse on a particular subject, you are emphasizing that they tell you every detail about it.
- character defense — a personality trait, as a habitual tendency to idealize or rationalize, that serves some unconscious defensive purpose.
- charles townshend — Charles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
- chartered society — a society that has an official charter
- chicken drumstick — a chicken leg, considered as food
- chiltern hundreds — (in Britain) short for Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; a nominal office that an MP applies for in order to resign his seat
- chocolate soldier — a person who mistakenly believes that he or she is very powerful, important, or impressive
- christmas disease — a relatively mild type of haemophilia, caused by lack of a protein (Christmas factor) implicated in the process of blood clotting
- close the door on — rule out, exclude
- colloid chemistry — the study of colloids.
- come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
- correspondentship — The role or status of correspondent.
- d-shell connector — (hardware) One of the family of connectors: DA-15, DB-25, DC-37, DD-50, DE-9, and DEH-15 [VGA]. The "D" is the shape of the shell, the next letter determines connector size, and the number is the maximum pin count.
- debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
- dehistoricization — The process or result of dehistoricizing.
- deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
- dephosphorylation — the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound, as in the changing of ATP to ADP.
- descending rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by the succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable followed by one or more unaccented syllables.
- designated hitter — In baseball, a designated hitter is a player who bats in place of the pitcher.
- designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
- desktop publisher — desktop publishing
- despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
- dessert chocolate — cooking chocolate
- desynchronisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of desynchronization.
- desynchronization — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- diaphragm shutter — a camera shutter having a group of overlapping blades that open and close at the center when exposing film.
- dielectrophoresis — Dielectrophoresis is the movement of uncharged particles (= ones with no electrical charge) when a changing electric field is applied.
- dressed up as sth — portrayed as
- drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
- dull as dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- eastern orthodoxy — the faith, practice, membership, and government of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- edgar watson howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- ends of the earth — remote regions
- ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
- faint-heartedness — lack of courage
- feathered friends — Birds are sometimes referred to as our feathered friends.
- fuss and feathers — an excessively elaborate or pretentious display; ostentation.
- grande chartreuse — the Carthusian monastery at Grenoble, France: the chief monastery of the Carthusians until 1903.
- ground angle shot — a photograph or film shot in which the lens is near the ground, usually pointing up somewhat
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