17-letter words containing s, h, o, y
- absolute humidity — the humidity of the atmosphere, usually expressed as the number of grams of water contained in 1 cubic metre of air
- absolute monarchy — a monarchy without constitutional limits
- abstinence theory — the theory that interest is payment for conserving current income.
- acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
- almost everywhere — everywhere in a given set except on a subset with measure zero. Abbreviation: a.e.
- anachronistically — In an anachronistic manner; in the manner of an anachronism.
- as who should say — as if one should say
- ashby-de-la-zouch — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned (1569) in the castle. Pop: 11 409 (2001)
- ashton-under-lyne — a town in NW England, in Tameside unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 43 236 (2001)
- babi yar symphony — a symphony (1962) by Dimitri Dimitrievich Shostakovich.
- branch delay slot — delayed control-transfer
- by the same token — You use by the same token to introduce a statement that you think is true for the same reasons that were given for a previous statement.
- cache consistency — cache coherency
- case-study method — Also called case-study method [keys-stuhd-ee] /ˈkeɪsˈstʌd i/ (Show IPA). the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
- chancery division — (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
- charles henry dow — Charles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.
- chartered society — a society that has an official charter
- cholecystectomies — Plural form of cholecystectomy.
- colloid chemistry — the study of colloids.
- comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
- coral honeysuckle — trumpet honeysuckle.
- courtship display — behaviour that is aimed at attracting a mate
- cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
- cytotrophoblastic — Relating to, or containing, cytotrophoblasts.
- damon and pythias — two friends noted for their mutual loyalty. Damon offered himself as a hostage for Pythias, who was to be executed for treason by Dionysius of Syracuse. When Pythias returned to save his friend's life, he was pardoned
- dehydrochlorinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen and chlorine atoms or ions from chlorinated hydrocarbons.
- dephosphorylation — the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound, as in the changing of ATP to ADP.
- despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
- desynchronisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of desynchronization.
- desynchronization — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- dimethylsulfoxide — DMSO.
- dog and pony show — an elaborate sales, advertising, or publicity presentation or campaign.
- drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
- eastern orthodoxy — the faith, practice, membership, and government of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- electrophysiology — The branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
- elementary school — primary school
- encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
- ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
- fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
- firehose syndrome — (networking, jargon) An absence, failure or inadequacy of flow control mechanisms causing the sender to overwhelm the receiver. The implication is that, like trying to drink from a firehose, the consequenses are worse than just loss of data, e.g. the receiver may crash. See ping-flood.
- flash photography — photography using a momentary flash of artificial light as a source of illumination.
- glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
- globus hystericus — the sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.
- glory-of-the-snow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Chionodoxa, of the lily family, native to the Old World, having showy, blue, white, or pink flowers that bloom early in the spring.
- glycosphingolipid — (biochemistry) a lipid that contains at least one monosaccharide unit and either a sphingoid or a ceramide.
- go by the wayside — to be put aside on account of something more urgent
- go without saying — something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
- guardhouse lawyer — a person in military service, especially an inmate of a guardhouse or brig, who is or claims to be an authority on military law, regulations, and soldiers' rights.
- haematocrystallin — Alternative form of hematocrystallin.
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