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

  • hyperbolic cosecant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of hyperbolic sine
  • hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hyperfine structure — the splitting of the lines of an atomic spectrum, produced by the angular momentum of the nucleus of the atom.
  • hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
  • hyperparathyroidism — overactivity of the parathyroid gland, characterized by softening of the bones, with consequent pain, tenderness, and a tendency to spontaneous fractures, and by muscular weakness and abdominal cramps.
  • hyperphosphorylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperphosphorylate.
  • hypersuggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
  • hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hypocholesterolemic — (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypocholesterolemia.
  • hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
  • immunocytochemistry — the detection of chemical components of cells by means of antibodies coupled to substances that can be made visible.
  • in this day and age — these days
  • incomprehensibility — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
  • inorganic chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with inorganic compounds.
  • instant photography — photography using an instant camera.
  • it serves you right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
  • lupus erythematosus — any of several autoimmune diseases, especially systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by red, scaly skin patches.
  • lytham saint anne's — a resort in NW England, in Lancashire on the Irish Sea. Pop: 41 327 (2001)
  • magnetic hysteresis — hysteresis in a ferromagnetic material; the lag in the response of magnetic induction to changes of magnetic intensity.
  • north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • north-northeasterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northeast
  • north-northwesterly — a wind or storm coming from the north-northwest
  • northwest territory — region north of the Ohio River, between Pa. & the Mississippi (established 1787): it now forms Ohio, Ind., Ill., Mich., Wis., & part of Minn.
  • not by a long sight — on no account; not at all
  • on an empty stomach — If you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without having eaten.
  • one's money's worth — full value for the money one has paid for something
  • orthopaedic surgery — surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
  • parasympathomimetic — having an effect similar to that produced when the parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated
  • parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
  • physical impairment — A physical impairment is a condition in which a part of a person's body is damaged or is not working properly.
  • physical sequential — (file format)   (PS, QSAM, Queued Sequential Access Method) The simplest data set on an IBM mainframe. Sequential files can only be read or written from the beginning: they do not support random access.
  • physician assistant — a person trained and certified to perform various medical procedures under the supervision of a physician
  • play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
  • polytene chromosome — a giant, cross-banded chromosome that results from multiple replication of its genetic material with the duplicated chromatin strands remaining closely associated.
  • postsynchronization — the process of adding sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting or videotaping is completed
  • potassium hydroxide — a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, KOH, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, or pellets, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, as a laboratory reagent, and as a caustic.
  • priority scheduling — (operating system)   Processes scheduling in which the scheduler selects tasks to run based on their priority as opposed to, say, a simple round-robin. Priorities may be static or dynamic. Static priorities are assigned at the time of creation, while dynamic priorities are based on the processes' behaviour while in the system. For example, the scheduler may favour I/O-intensive tasks so that expensive requests can be issued as early as possible. A danger of priority scheduling is starvation, in which processes with lower priorities are not given the opportunity to run. In order to avoid starvation, in preemptive scheduling, the priority of a process is gradually reduced while it is running. Eventually, the priority of the running process will no longer be the highest, and the next process will start running. This method is called aging.
  • psychic determinism — the theory that all aspects of a person's psychological makeup arise from specific causes or forces, as previous experiences or instinctual drives, which may be conscious or unconscious.
  • psychotechnological — of or relating to psychotechnology
  • psychrometric chart — a chart for calculating values of relative humidity, absolute humidity, and dew point from psychrometer readings.
  • pythagoras' theorem — (spelling)   It's Pythagoras's Theorem.
  • rayleigh scattering — the scattering of light by particles that are very small in relation to the wavelength of the light, and in which the intensity of the scattered light varies inversely with the fourth power of the wavelength.
  • research laboratory — place for scientific experimentation
  • rhythmic gymnastics — a form of gymnastics involving movements using hand apparatus such as balls, hoops, and ribbons
  • saint 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.
  • semidetached binary — a pair of stars that are so close together that mass transfer occurs from one to the other
  • short-stay car park — a car park where a car can be left for a relatively short time
  • simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
  • smooth the path/way — If you smooth the path or smooth the way towards something, you make it easier or more likely to happen.
  • social anthropology — study of human culture
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