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17-letter words containing h, y, s, t

  • spark photography — photography of fast-moving objects, as bullets, by the light of an electric spark.
  • specific humidity — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor.
  • spectrophotometry — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • speech difficulty — a problem encountered in speaking
  • spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
  • st. swithin's day — July 15, superstitiously regarded as a day that, should it rain or be fair, will be followed by 40 consecutive days of like weather.
  • stage-door johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
  • statutory holiday — a public holiday; a holiday all workers are entitled to
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • stereolithography — a process for creating three-dimensional objects using a computer-controlled laser to build up the required structure, layer by layer, from a liquid photopolymer that solidifies.
  • stereophotography — photography producing stereoscopic images.
  • stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • sulphur butterfly — sulfur butterfly.
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
  • synchronistically — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronous motor — a synchronous machine that acts as a motor.
  • synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • take sth by storm — If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful.
  • tay-sachs disease — a rare fatal hereditary disease, occurring chiefly in infants and children, especially of eastern European Jewish origin, characterized by a red spot on the retina, gradual blindness, and paralysis.
  • tertiary syphilis — the third stage of syphilis, characterized by involvement of the internal organs, especially the brain, spinal cord, heart, and liver.
  • that way/this way — You can use that way and this way to refer to a statement or comment that you have just made.
  • the barbary coast — a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries
  • the buckeye state — a nickname for Ohio
  • the good old days — When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
  • the hawkeye state — a nickname for the US state of Iowa
  • the lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
  • the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
  • the varsity match — a sporting fixture between Oxford and Cambridge university rugby teams
  • theory of numbers — number theory.
  • thirty years' war — the war, often regarded as a series of wars (1618–48), in central Europe, initially involving a conflict between German Protestants and Catholics and later including political rivalries with France, Sweden, and Denmark opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
  • thistle butterfly — any nymphalid butterfly of the genus Vanessa, as the red admiral or painted lady.
  • thyestean banquet — a banquet at which human flesh is served
  • to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
  • to push your luck — If you say that someone is pushing their luck, you think they are taking a bigger risk than is sensible, and may get into trouble.
  • to say nothing of — You use to say nothing of when you mention an additional thing which gives even more strength to the point you are making.
  • to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
  • 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
  • unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
  • utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
  • vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
  • varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
  • voice synthesizer — a computer system that is used to artificially produce the human voice
  • whitesmiths style — (programming)   An obsolete and deprecated source code indent style popularised by the examples that came with Whitesmiths C, an early commercial C compiler. Basic indent per level is eight spaces, occasionally four. if (cond) { } (2014-09-24)
  • yorkshire terrier — one of an English breed of toy terriers having a long, silky, straight coat that is dark steel blue from the back of the skull to the tail and tan on the head, chest, and legs.
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