22-letter words containing h, o, t, u, n

historical linguistics — the study of changes in a language or group of languages over a period of time.
hit the ground running — begin enthusiastically
hold the purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
hoof-and-mouth disease — foot-and-mouth disease.
hue, saturation, value — (graphics) (HSV) A colour model that describes colours in terms of hue (or "tint"), saturation (or "shade") and value (or "tone" or "luminance").
hundreds and thousands — tiny beads of brightly coloured sugar, used in decorating cakes, sweets, etc
hybrid multiprocessing — (parallel) (HMP) The kind of multitasking which OS/2 supports. HMP provides some elements of symmetric multiprocessing, using add-on IBM software called MP/2. OS/2 SMP was planned for release in late 1993.
in on the ground floor — in at the beginning (of a business, etc.) and thus in an especially advantageous position
in one's birthday suit — naked; nude
industrial archaeology — the study of past industrial machines, works, etc
instruction scheduling — The compiler phase that orders instructions on a pipelined, superscalar, or VLIW architecture so as to maximise the number of function units operating in parallel and to minimise the time they spend waiting for each other. Examples are filling a delay slot; interspersing floating-point instructions with integer instructions to keep both units operating; making adjacent instructions independent, e.g. one which writes a register and another which reads from it; separating memory writes to avoid filling the write buffer. Norman P. Jouppi and David W. Wall, "Available Instruction-Level Parallelism for Superscalar and Superpipelined Processors", Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, pp. 272--282, 1989.
isthmus of tehuantepec — the narrowest part of S Mexico, with the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec (an inlet of the Pacific) on the south coast
jump in with both feet — to enter into an activity or venture wholeheartedly
just around the corner — in the next street
label switching router — (networking) (LSR) A device that typically resides somewhere in the middle of a network and is capable of forwarding datagrams by label switching. In many cases, especially early versions of MPLS networks, a LSR will typically be a modified ATM switch that forwards datagrams based upon a label in the VPI/VCI field.
land of the rising sun — Japan.
lund software house ab — (company) The company who produced Lund Simula. Address: Box 7056, S-22007 Lund, Sweden.
make common cause with — join forces
make one's mouth water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
mathematical induction — induction (def 5).
mcculloch-pitts neuron — (artificial intelligence) The basic building block of artificial neural networks. It receives one or more inputs and produces one or more identical outputs, each of which is a simple non-linear function of the sum of the inputs to the neuron. The non-linear function is typically a threshhold or step function which is usually smoothed (i.e. a sigmoid) to facilitate learning.
methyl isobutyl ketone — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 6 H 1 2 O, having a pleasant odor: used as a solvent for nitrocellulose, gums, resins, fats, waxes, and oils.
monoammonium phosphate — a white, crystalline, moderately water-soluble compound, NH 4 H 2 PO 4 , used as fertilizer, in fire extinguishers, etc.
much ado about nothing — a comedy (1598?) by Shakespeare.
negative hallucination — an apparent abnormal inability to perceive an object
nonspecific urethritis — nongonococcal urethritis.
north atlantic current — an ocean current flowing NE toward the British Isles, formed by the convergence of the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current SE of Newfoundland.
obligational authority — the necessary authority that precedes budget spending by a government agency or department, granted by Congress through appropriations.
occupational therapist — professional who assists with rehabilitation
of the first magnitude — of the greatest importance
on a shoestring budget — with very little money to spend
phenolsulfonephthalein — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
philip the magnanimous — 1504–67, German prince; landgrave of Hesse (1509–67). He helped to crush (1525) the Peasants' Revolt and formed (1531) the League of Schmalkaden, an alliance of German Protestant rulers
public housing project — a group of homes for poorer families which is funded and controlled by the local government
pull/bring sb up short — If something pulls you up short or brings you up short, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing.
put sth to/on one side — If you put something to one side or put it on one side, you temporarily ignore it in order to concentrate on something else.
put the frighteners on — to intimidate
quantum chromodynamics — a quantum field theory that describes quarks and gluons and their interactions, with the color of the quarks playing a role analogous to that of electric charge. Abbreviation: QCD. Also called chromodynamics. Compare color (def 18).
request for technology — (RFT) The process established by the OSF to get proposals for new standards.
rheumatoid spondylitis — ankylosing spondylitis.
rocky mountain bighorn — bighorn.
self-sustaining growth — economic growth that maintains itself without intervention
shaken but not stirred — If you say that someone has been shaken but not stirred by an experience, you mean that they have been slightly disturbed or emotionally affected by it, but not deeply enough to change their behaviour or way of thinking.
south african republic — former name of Transvaal.
south atlantic current — an eastward-flowing ocean current formed by the merging of the Brazil Current and the southward-flowing current near the Falkland Islands and forming the southern part of the general circulation of the South Atlantic Ocean.
south sandwich islands — a group of volcanic islands, administered by England, in the South Atlantic Ocean: part of the Falkland Islands dependency. 120 sq. mi. (310 sq. km).
south shetland islands — a group of uninhabited islands in the S Atlantic, north of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; part of British Antarctic Territory since 1962. (Claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty). Area: 4662 sq km (1800 sq miles)
southern redbelly dace — any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace)
synchronic linguistics — the branch of linguistics that analyzes the structure of a language or languages as static, at a given point in their history
talk through one's hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.

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