22-letter words containing s, h, e, l, t, r
- a lump in one's throat — a tight dry feeling in one's throat, usually caused by great emotion
- alternative hypothesis — the hypothesis that given data do not conform with a given null hypothesis: the null hypothesis is accepted only if its probability exceeds a predetermined significance level
- anatolian shepherd dog — a large powerfully-built dog of a breed with a large head and a short dense cream or fawn coat, originally used for guarding sheep
- androcles and the lion — a comedy (1913) by G. B. Shaw.
- animal rights movement — a group of people who campaign for the rights of animals to be protected from exploitation and abuse by humans
- antiestablishmentarian — a person who supports or advocates antiestablishmentarianism.
- arm's-length agreement — a commercial transaction done in accordance with market values, disregarding any connection such as common ownership of the companies involved
- articulatory phonetics — the branch of phonetics concerned with the production of speech sounds
- bacillus thuringiensis — a bacterium used in genetically altered form in the biological control of budworms, gypsy moth larvae, Japanese beetles, and other insect pests. Abbreviation: B.t.
- borel-lebesgue theorem — Heine-Borel theorem.
- bristle-thighed curlew — an Alaskan curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, that winters in Polynesia, having bristlelike feathers on its thighs.
- british library method — (algorithm) Brute force searching. According to legends circulating in the 1970s, in the British Library books are searched for by examining each book sequentially in the first shelf, then the next shelf, continuing until the book is found or the entire library has been searched. The term was referred to in a Dutch coursebook, "Inleiding In De Informatica" (Introduction to Informatics) from a course given by C.H.A. Koster and Th.A. Zoethout. This was based on a course given at the TU Berlin.
- brush-footed butterfly — any of several butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, including the fritillaries, mourning cloaks, anglewings, and commas, characterized by reduced, nonfunctional forelegs.
- carboxymethylcellulose — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
- chromosomal aberration — any irregularity or abnormality of chromosome distribution, number, structure, or arrangement.
- cirrhosis of the liver — liver disease
- cockles of one's heart — one's deepest feelings (esp in the phrase warm the cockles of one's heart)
- color graphics adapter — (hardware, graphics) (CGA) One of IBM's earliest hardware video display standards for use in IBM PCs. CGA can display 80*25 or 40*25 text in 16 colors, 640*200 pixels of graphics in two colors or 320*200 in four colors (IBM PC video modes 0-6). It is now obsolete.
- comparative psychology — the study of the similarities and differences in the behaviour of different species
- complete metamorphosis — physical changes in the development of certain insects that include egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages, as in beetles, moths, or bees
- corporate manslaughter — the death of someone caused by an act of corporate negligence
- course author language — (language) (CAL) The CAI language for the IBM 360.
- dalton's atomic theory — the theory that matter consists of indivisible particles called atoms and that atoms of a given element are all identical and can neither be created nor destroyed. Compounds are formed by combination of atoms in simple ratios to give compound atoms (molecules). The theory was the basis of modern chemistry
- delayed-action shutter — a camera shutter that opens after an interval set by the photographer
- disposable soma theory — the theory that ageing is caused by the body having increasingly fewer resources to allocate towards repairing wear and damage to tissues
- electroencephalographs — Plural form of electroencephalograph.
- electrophysiologically — In an electrophysiological way.
- equal rights amendment — a proposed amendment to the US Constitution enshrining equality between the sexes
- examining the entrails — The process of grovelling through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or system down. The reference is to divination from the entrails of a sacrified animal. Compare runes, incantation, black art, desk check.
- fall prey to something — To fall prey to something bad means to be taken over or affected by it.
- fetal alcohol syndrome — a pattern of birth defects caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy: considered as one of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Abbreviation: FAS.
- fifth earl of rosebery — Archibald Philip Primrose [prim-rohz] /ˈprɪmˌroʊz/ (Show IPA), 5th Earl of, 1847–1929, British statesman and author: prime minister 1894–95.
- full english breakfast — morning meal of eggs, bacon, etc.
- give something a whirl — to attempt or give a trial to something
- go for all the marbles — to take a great risk in the hope of a great gain
- gold-exchange standard — a monetary system in one country in which currency is maintained at a par with that of another country that is on the gold standard.
- gravitational redshift — (in general relativity) the shift toward longer wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source in a gravitational field, especially at the surface of a massive star.
- great australian bight — a wide bay in S Australia.
- green around the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- greystone technologies — (company) The producers of the GT/M MUMPS compiler and GT/SQL pre-processor for VAX and DEC Alpha.
- hammersmith and fulham — a borough of Greater London on the River Thames: established in 1965 by the amalgamation of Fulham and Hammersmith. Pop: 174 200 (2003 est). Area: 16 sq km (6 sq miles)
- help a person off with — to assist a person in the removal of (clothes)
- historical materialism — (in Marxist theory) the doctrine that all forms of social thought, as art or philosophy, and institutions, as the family or the state, develop as a superstructure founded on an economic base; that they reflect the character of economic relations and are altered or modified as a result of class struggles; that each ruling economic class produces the class that will destroy or replace it; and that dialectical necessity requires the eventual withering away of the state and the establishment of a classless society: the body of theory, in dialectical materialism, dealing with historical process and social causation.
- hold the purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
- 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.
- hue, saturation, value — (graphics) (HSV) A colour model that describes colours in terms of hue (or "tint"), saturation (or "shade") and value (or "tone" or "luminance").
- 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.
- in one's shirt sleeves — not wearing a coat or jacket over one's shirt
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