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21-letter words containing i, n, t, h

  • a crying need for sth — If you say that there is a crying need for something, you mean that there is a very great need for it.
  • a fine kettle of fish — an awkward situation; mess
  • a fly in the ointment — If you describe someone or something as a fly in the ointment, you think they spoil a situation and prevent it being as successful as you had hoped.
  • a lump in your throat — If you say that you have a lump in your throat, you mean that you have a tight feeling in your throat because of a strong emotion such as sorrow or gratitude.
  • a piece of the action — If someone wants to have a piece of the action or a slice of the action, they want to take part in an exciting activity or situation, usually in order to make money or become more important.
  • absorption hygrometer — a hygrometer that uses a hygroscopic chemical to absorb atmospheric moisture.
  • ada core technologies — (company)   (ACT) The company that maintains GNAT. Ada Core Technologies was founded in 1994 by the original authors of the GNAT compiler. ACT provides software for Ada 95 development.
  • add fuel to something — If something adds fuel to a conflict or debate, or adds fuel to the fire, it makes the conflict or debate more intense.
  • adenosine diphosphate — ADP1
  • algorithm description — (language)   (ALDES) ["The Algorithm Description Language ALDES", R.G.K. Loos, SIGSAM Bull 14(1):15-39 (Jan 1976)].
  • all things considered — You say all things considered to indicate that you are making a judgment after taking all the facts into account.
  • alpha centauri system — a star system comprising the binary star Alpha Centauri A and B and Proxima Centauri (also called Alpha Centauri C), which is 0.1 light years closer to the sun. Visual magnitude: 0.01 (A), 1.33 (B); spectral type: G2V (A); distance from earth: 4.3 light years
  • alpha piscis austrini — Fomalhaut
  • anaesthetic awareness — the gaining of consciousness by an anaesthetized patient during a surgical operation
  • analytical philosophy — a school of philosophy which flourished in the first half of the 20th century and which sought to resolve philosophical problems by analysing the language in which they are expressed, esp in terms of formal logic as in Russell's theory of descriptions
  • analytical psychology — a school of psychoanalysis founded by Jung as a result of disagreements with Freud
  • annual change traffic — (software)   (ACT) The fraction of the software product's source code which changes during a year, either through addition or modification. The ACT can be used to determine the product size in order to estimate software maintenance effort.
  • anointing of the sick — a sacrament in which a person who is seriously ill or dying is anointed by a priest with consecrated oil
  • antarctic archipelago — a group of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the NW coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
  • antihemophilic factor — a protein that is essential to normal blood clotting and is lacking or deficient in persons having hemophilia A. Abbreviation: AHF.
  • appalachian mountains — a mountain system of E North America, extending from Quebec province in Canada to central Alabama in the US: contains rich deposits of anthracite, bitumen, and iron ore. Highest peak: Mount Mitchell, 2038 m (6684 ft)
  • architecture parlante — the architecture of buildings that, in their plans or elevations, create an image that suggests their functions.
  • argumentum ad hominem — fallacious argument that attacks not an opponent's beliefs but his motives or character
  • arithmetic logic unit — the part of a central processing unit that performs arithmetic and logical operations
  • arithmetic/logic unit — ALU.
  • asiliant technologies — (company)   A company founded by a group of former Chips and Technologies employees with experience with the CHIPS products, suppliers, distributors and customers. Asiliant offer C&T's industry standard Flat Panel and CRT controller family.
  • astronomical twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 18° below the horizon
  • athenaeus of attaleia — Greek physician in Rome, fl. a.d. c40–65.
  • atmospheric inversion — inversion (def 12).
  • atmospheric-inversion — an act or instance of inverting.
  • atomic unit of length — (in the Bohr atom) the radius of the electron orbit having the lowest energy.
  • automatic hyphenation — (text)   A feature of some word processors which can insert hyphens into words which would otherwise extend beyond the right hand margin of the page. More advanced word processors may have options to control the position of the hyphen, to restrict certain words from being hyphenated, and to allow custom dictionaries of hyphenation points to be built up.
  • averaging light meter — an exposure meter that evaluates light measured from all parts of the picture area to generate an average reading.
  • bad conduct discharge — a discharge of a person from military service for an offense less serious than one for which a dishonorable discharge is given.
  • banach-tarski paradox — (mathematics)   It is possible to cut a solid ball into finitely many pieces (actually about half a dozen), and then put the pieces together again to get two solid balls, each the same size as the original. This paradox is a consequence of the Axiom of Choice.
  • be at pains to do sth — If someone is at pains to do something, they are very eager and anxious to do it, especially because they want to avoid a difficult situation.
  • be in black and white — You say that something is in black and white when it has been written or printed, and not just said.
  • be in the melting pot — If something is in the melting pot, you do not know what is going to happen to it.
  • be on the danger list — to be critically ill in hospital
  • be on to a good thing — to be in a profitable situation or position
  • behavior modification — a technique that seeks to modify animal and human behavior through application of the principles of conditioning, in which rewards and reinforcements, or punishments, are used to establish desired habits, or patterns of behavior
  • behavioural contagion — the spread of a particular type of behaviour, such as crying, through a crowd or group of people
  • behind the eight ball — in a difficult situation; snookered
  • benzethonium chloride — a colorless, water-soluble, crystalline solid, ammonium chloride derivative, (C 27 H 42 O 2 N)Cl⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • beta-naphthyl radical — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
  • bibliographic control — the identification, description, analysis, and classification of books and other materials of communication so that they may be effectively organized, stored, retrieved, and used when needed.
  • blackburn with darwen — a unitary authority in NW England, in Lancashire. Pop: 139 800 (2003 est). Area: 137 sq km (53 sq miles)
  • blow the whistle (on) — to report or inform (on)
  • bluethroat pikeblenny — See under pikeblenny.
  • bovine growth hormone — a growth hormone of cattle; esp., this hormone synthesized artificially and administered to beef cattle to increase growth rate and reduce fat and to dairy cows to increase milk production

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