17-letter words containing s, h, y, e
- 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.
- anti-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- antihypertensives — Plural form of antihypertensive.
- 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)
- be that as it may — You say 'Be that as it may' when you want to move onto another subject or go further with the discussion, without deciding whether what has just been said is right or wrong.
- bird's-eye chilli — a small red hot-tasting chilli
- blue-sky thinking — Blue-sky thinking is the activity of trying to find completely new ideas.
- 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.
- chadless keypunch — (hardware) A card punch which cut little U-shapes in punched cards, rather than punching out a circle or rectangle. The U's made a hole when folded back. One of the Jargon File's correspondents believed that the term "chad" derived from the Chadless keypunch. Obviously, if the Chadless keypunch didn't make them, then the stuff that other keypunches made had to be "chad". The assertion that the keypunch was named after its inventor is not supported by any record in US or UK patents or surname references.
- 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.
- cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
- deadly nightshade — a poisonous Eurasian solanaceous plant, Atropa belladonna, having dull purple bell-shaped flowers and small very poisonous black berries
- 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.
- descending rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by the succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable followed by one or more unaccented syllables.
- 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.
- diaphragm pessary — a device for inserting into the vagina to deliver a drug, such as a contraceptive
- dimethylsulfoxide — DMSO.
- 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.
- 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.
- glymphatic system — Anatomy. the system or process by which cerebrospinal fluid moves through channels formed by glia, cleansing the mammalian brain of harmful waste.
- go by the wayside — to be put aside on account of something more urgent
- great grey shrike — the bird Lanius excubitor
- 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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