22-letter words containing o, c, t, h, r, n

greystone technologies — (company) The producers of the GT/M MUMPS compiler and GT/SQL pre-processor for VAX and DEC Alpha.
halfwave rectification — a rectifier that changes only one half of a cycle of alternating current into a pulsating, direct current.
hans christian oersted — Hans Christian [hahns kris-tyahn] /hɑns ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1777–1851, Danish physicist.
harvard classification — a classification of stars based on the characteristic spectral absorption lines and bands of the chemical elements present
hereford and worcester — a county in W England. 1516 sq. mi. (3926 sq. km).
highway contract route — a route for carrying mail over the highway between designated points, given on contract to a private carrier and often requiring, in rural areas, delivery to home mailboxes. Abbreviation: HCR.
historical linguistics — the study of changes in a language or group of languages over a period of time.
horizontal application — An application program common to different business processes, e.g. office automation. Compare vertical application.
horn-rimmed spectacles — spectacles with rims made of material resembling horn
horse of another color — an entirely different matter
host control interface — (hardware, wireless) (HCI) A network layer in the Bluetooth Core Protocol Stack, lying between the software and the hardware stacks and serving as the interface through which the software controls two of Bluetooth's four core protocols.
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.
industrial archaeology — the study of past industrial machines, works, etc
information technology — the development, implementation, and maintenance of computer hardware and software systems to organize and communicate information electronically. Abbreviation: IT.
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.
interactive whiteboard — a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.
just around the corner — in the next street
ketamine hydrochloride — a powerful anesthetic, C13H16ClNO·HCl, used in surgery
kinetic theory of heat — a theory that the temperature of a body is determined by the average kinetic energy of its particles and that an inflow of heat increases this energy.
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.
leather-stocking tales — a series of historical novels by James Fenimore Cooper, comprising The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer.
magnetic pole strength — Electricity. a measure of the force exerted by one face of a magnet on a face of another magnet when both magnets are represented by equal and opposite poles. Symbol: m.
manhattan clam chowder — a chowder made from clams, tomatoes, and other vegetables and seasoned with thyme.
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.
mother carey's chicken — any of various small petrels, especially the stormy petrel, Oceanites oceanicus.
nitrohydrochloric acid — aqua regia.
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.
northern corn rootworm — corn rootworm.
northern redbelly dace — any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace)
oak processionary moth — a moth, (Thaumetopoea processionea), of the family Thaumetopoeidae, the larvae of which leave the communal shelter nightly for food in a V-shaped procession
occupational therapist — professional who assists with rehabilitation
oceanic whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 2).
on (or off) the track — keeping to (or straying from) the subject, objective, or goal
on the crest of a wave — If you say that you are on the crest of a wave, you mean that you are feeling very happy and confident because things are going well for you.
other side of the coin — a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
otorhinolaryngological — of or relating to the medical practice involving the ear, nose, and throat.
partnerships for peace — a subsidiary organization of NATO, comprising former Warsaw Pact countries that wish to be allied with NATO but have not been granted full NATO membership: established in 1994
play one's cards right — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
process cinematography — cinematography in which the main or foreground action or scene is superimposed on or combined with simulated or separately filmed background action or scenery to produce special visual effects.
prothonotary apostolic — a member of the first college of prelates of the Roman Curia.
public housing project — a group of homes for poorer families which is funded and controlled by the local government
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).
reactive schizophrenia — a type of schizophrenia of rapid onset and brief duration that occurs in response to environmental factors.
recreational therapist — someone who specializes in therapy by means of recreational activities engaged in by the patient
rejoice in the name of — If you say that a person or thing rejoices in the name of something, you mean that they have a silly or amusing name.
request for technology — (RFT) The process established by the OSF to get proposals for new standards.
resistance thermometer — an instrument for measuring the temperature of a metal, utilizing the principle that the electrical resistance of the metal varies with the temperature.
retroactive inhibition — the tendency for the retention of learned material or skills to be impaired by subsequent learning, esp by learning of a similar kind
rocky mountain bighorn — bighorn.

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