22-letter words containing s, h, o

occupational therapist — professional who assists with rehabilitation
oceanic whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 2).
of the first magnitude — of the greatest importance
on a shoestring budget — with very little money to spend
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.
on the part of someone — as far as someone is concerned
on the same wavelength — Physics. the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation.
on the way/on it's way — If something is on the way, it will arrive soon.
once bitten, twice shy — You say 'once bitten, twice shy' when you want to indicate that someone will not do something a second time because they had a bad experience the first time they did it.
one's foot in the door — (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
other side of the coin — a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
ousterhout's dichotomy — (language) John Ousterhout's division of high-level languages into "system programming languages" and "scripting languages". This distinction underlies the design of his language Tcl. System programming languages (or "applications languages") are strongly typed, allow arbitrarily complex data structures, and programs in them are compiled, and are meant to operate largely independently of other programs. Prototypical system programming languages are C and Modula-2. By contrast, scripting languages (or "glue languages") are weakly typed or untyped, have little or no provision for complex data structures, and programs in them ("scripts") are interpreted. Scripts need to interact either with other programs (often as glue) or with a set of functions provided by the interpreter, as with the file system functions provided in a UNIX shell and with Tcl's GUI functions. Prototypical scripting languages are AppleScript, C Shell, MS-DOS batch files and Tcl. Many believe that this is a highly arbitrary dichotomy, and refer to it as "Ousterhout's fallacy" or "Ousterhout's false dichotomy". While strong-versus-weak typing, data structure complexity, and independent versus stand-alone might be said to be unrelated features, the usual critique of Ousterhout's dichotomy is of its distinction of compilation versus interpretation, since neither semantics nor syntax depend significantly on whether code is compiled into machine-language, interpreted, tokenized, or byte-compiled at the start of each run, or any mixture of these. Many languages fall between being interpreted or compiled (e.g. Lisp, Forth, UCSD Pascal, Perl, and Java). This makes compilation versus interpretation a dubious parameter in a taxonomy of programming languages.
pale horse, pale rider — a trilogy of short novels (1939) by Katherine Anne Porter.
paranoid schizophrenia — severe psychiatric disorder
paroxysmal tachycardia — tachycardia that begins and subsides suddenly.
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
personal relationships — relationships between people, especially those between friends, lovers and family members
phenolsulfonephthalein — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
philip the magnanimous — 1504–67, German prince; landgrave of Hesse (1509–67). He helped to crush (1525) the Peasants' Revolt and formed (1531) the League of Schmalkaden, an alliance of German Protestant rulers
philosophical analysis — linguistic analysis.
phosphorus trichloride — a clear, colorless, fuming liquid, PCl 3 , used chiefly in organic synthesis as a chlorinating agent.
physiographic province — a geographic region in which climate and geology have given rise to an array of landforms different from those of surrounding regions.
play into the hands of — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
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.
poor richard's almanac — an almanac (1732–58) written and published by Benjamin Franklin.
preestablished harmony — (in the philosophy of Leibnitz) synchronous operation of all monads, since their simultaneous creation, in accordance with the preexisting plan of God.
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.
psychological thriller — book, movie: suspense story
public housing project — a group of homes for poorer families which is funded and controlled by the local government
pull out all the stops — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
pull/bring sb up short — If something pulls you up short or brings you up short, it makes you suddenly stop what you are doing.
put sth out to pasture — If you put animals out to pasture, you move them out into the fields so they can eat the grass.
put sth to/on one side — If you put something to one side or put it on one side, you temporarily ignore it in order to concentrate on something else.
put the frighteners on — to intimidate
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).
queen's bench division — (in England when the sovereign is female) one of the divisions of the High Court of Justice
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
registered shareholder — someone who holds or owns a stock registered to their name
relationship marketing — a marketing strategy in which a company seeks to build long-term relationships with its customers by providing consistent satisfaction
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.
rheumatoid spondylitis — ankylosing spondylitis.
sail close to the wind — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
saint george's channel — a channel between Wales and Ireland, connecting the Irish Sea and the Atlantic. 100 miles (160 km) long; 50–90 miles (81–145 km) wide.
sapir-whorf hypothesis — a theory developed by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf that states that the structure of a language determines or greatly influences the modes of thought and behavior characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken.
sb can whistle for sth — If you say that someone can whistle for a particular thing, you mean that you are not willing or able to give it to them.
schachter's hypothesis — (web) The observation that "Given two unrelated technical terms, an Internet search engine will retrieve only résumés". This was first formulated by Joshua Eli Schachter in about 1998, while poring over the uniformly irrelevant pages that resulted from a search he'd run on "+Perl +MAPI" in Altavista.
school crossing patrol — the official name for lollipop man or lady

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