25-letter words containing o, t, r, h, i

electronic news gathering — the collecting of a television news story using electronic equipment, such as a portable video camera, rather than a traditional film camera
entity-relationship model — (database, specification) An approach to data modelling proposed by P. Chen in 1976. The model says that you divide your database in two logical parts, entities (e.g. "customer", "product") and relations ("buys", "pays for"). One of the first activities in specifying an application is defining the entities involved and their relationships, e.g. using an entity-relationship diagram to represent a model.
exhaust gas recirculation — Exhaust gas recirculation is the process of mixing exhaust gas with air taken in to make sure that all fuel is burned before entering the atmosphere.
expanding universe theory — the theory, developed from the observed red shifts of celestial bodies, that the space between galaxies is expanding, so that they appear to recede from us at velocities that increase with their distance
fifth generation language — (language, artificial intelligence) A myth the Japanese spent a lot of money on. In about 1982, MITI decided it would spend ten years and a lot of money applying artificial intelligence to programming, thus solving the software crisis. The project spent its money and its ten years and in 1992 closed down with a wimper.
fleet chief petty officer — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Navy comparable in rank to a warrant officer in the British Army or Royal Air Force
for a start/to start with — You use for a start or to start with to introduce the first of a number of things or reasons that you want to mention or could mention.
further education college — (in Britain) an establishment that offers formal education beyond school and which is not a university or polytechnic
genealogical relationship — the relationship that exists between languages that have developed from a single earlier language.
general recursion theorem — (mathematics) Cantor's theorem, originally stated for ordinals, which extends inductive proof to recursive construction. The proof is by pasting together "attempts" (partial solutions).
german wirehaired pointer — one of a German breed of large sporting dogs having a harsh, wiry, flat-lying coat usually liver and white in color, a muzzle with a beard and whiskers, and a docked tail, used as a retrieving pointer.
give (or get) the mitten — to reject (or be rejected) as a lover
give sb pause for thought — If something gives you pause for thought, it makes you think carefully about something, especially in a different way than you have thought about it before.
go through fire and water — to undergo great difficulties or dangers
good for you/him/her/them — People say 'Good for you' to express approval of your actions.
graft-versus-host disease — a reaction in which the cells of transplanted tissue immunologically attack the cells of the host organism, occurring especially in bone-marrow transplants.
graphics interface format — (spelling) You mean "Graphics Interchange Format".
hailsham of st marylebone — Baron, title of Quintin (McGarel) Hogg (ˈkwɪntɪn). 1907–2001, British Conservative politician; Lord Chancellor (1970–74; 1979–87). He renounced his viscountcy in 1963 when he made an unsuccessful bid for the Conservative Party leadership; he became a life peer in 1970
hardening of the arteries — medical condition: arteriosclerosis
harris semiconductor ltd. — (company) Address: Riverside Way, Camberley, Surrey, CU15 3YQ, UK. Telephone: +44 (1276) 686 886. Fax: +44 (1276) 682 323.
have an eye for something — If you say that someone has an eye for something, you mean that they are good at noticing it or making judgments about it.
have bats in one's belfry — any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, of worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, having modified forelimbs that serve as wings and are covered with a membranous skin extending to the hind limbs.
have it on good authority — If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it.
have no/little truck with — If you say that you will have no truck with someone or something, you are refusing to be involved with them in any way.
high voltage differential — (hardware) (HVD) Differential SCSI scheme that has been in use for years. The terminators run on 5 Volts DC. See also LVD.
hoist by one's own petard — an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
home entertainment system — equipment for watching films and listening to music at home
homothetic transformation — similarity transformation (def 1).
homothetic-transformation — Also called homothetic transformation. a mapping of a set by which each element in the set is mapped into a positive constant multiple of itself, the same constant being used for all elements.
hospitalization insurance — insurance to cover, in whole or in part, the hospital bills of a subscriber or of his or her dependents.
human embryonic stem cell — a stem cell obtained from the blastocyst of a human embryo
human-factors engineering — an applied science that coordinates the design of devices, systems, and physical working conditions with the capacities and requirements of the worker.
implicit function theorem — a theorem that gives conditions under which a function written in implicit form can be written in explicit form.
in (or out of) character — consistent with (or inconsistent with) the role or general character
in (or out of) mothballs — put into (or taken from) a condition of being stored or in reserve
in the foreseeable future — If you say that something will happen in the foreseeable future you mean that you think it will happen fairly soon.
indirect characterization — the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.
industrial rehabilitation — the treatment of people who have acquired a disability or disease during the course of their work, with the aim of allowing them to return to work or to a new job
international match point — a unit of scoring in contract bridge tournaments held in Europe. Abbreviation: IMP.
keeper of the privy purse — an official of the royal household responsible for dealing with the monarch's private expenses
khakass autonomous region — an autonomous region in the Russian Federation, in S Siberia. 19,161 sq. mi. (49,627 sq. km). Capital: Abakan.
lie at (or on) the lurch — to lie in wait
local education authority — a body that is responsible for education in a particular area
magnetohydromagnetic wave — Physics. Alfvén wave.
maintenance of membership — an arrangement or agreement between an employer and a labor union by which employees who are members of the union at the time the agreement is made, or who subsequently join, must either remain members until the agreement expires, or be discharged.
make bricks without straw — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
massacre of the innocents — the slaughter of all the young male children of Bethlehem at Herod's command in an attempt to destroy Jesus (Matthew 2:16–18)
medical officer of health — a person appointed by a local or national authority to be in charge of its health policy
metal-free phthalocyanine — phthalocyanine (def 1).
methylrosaniline chloride — gentian violet.

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