22-letter words containing s, i, g, h
- a frog in one's throat — phlegm on the vocal cords that affects one's speech
- acoustic spectrography — a technique for analyzing sound by separating it into its component frequencies.
- advertisement hoarding — a large flat structure on which advertisements can be posted, especially at the roadside
- against the run of sth — If something happens against the run of play or against the run of events, it is different from what is generally happening in a game or situation.
- 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
- animal rights movement — a group of people who campaign for the rights of animals to be protected from exploitation and abuse by humans
- arithmetic progression — a sequence of numbers or quantities, each term of which differs from the succeeding term by a constant amount, such as 3,6,9,12
- arseniuretted hydrogen — arsine (def 1).
- attachment of earnings — (in Britain) a court order requiring an employer to deduct amounts from an employee's wages to pay debts or honour financial obligations
- 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.
- be in one's right mind — to be mentally well; be sane
- be on one's high horse — to be disdainfully aloof
- birthright citizenship — the practice of automatically granting citizenship to a child born in a particular country, regardless of the citizenship status of the parent or parents: an end to birthright citizenship.
- bosnia and herzegovina — country in SE Europe: it came under Turkish rule in the 15th cent. and under Austro-Hungarian control in 1878: it was part of Yugoslavia (1918-91): 19,741 sq mi (51,129 sq km); pop. 4,366,000; cap. Sarajevo
- bristle-thighed curlew — an Alaskan curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, that winters in Polynesia, having bristlelike feathers on its thighs.
- british virgin islands — a UK Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, consisting of 36 islands in the E Virgin Islands: formerly part of the Federation of the Leeward Islands (1871–1956). Capital: Road Town, on Tortola. Pop: 31 912 (2013 est). Area: 153 sq km (59 sq miles)
- cascading style sheets — (web) (CSS) An extension to HTML to allow styles, e.g. colour, font, size to be specified for certain elements of a hypertext document. Style information can be included in-line in the HTML file or in a separate CSS file (which can then be easily shared by multiple HTML files). Multiple levels of CSS can be used to allow selective overriding of styles.
- catch sight of someone — If you catch sight of someone, you suddenly see them, often briefly.
- charity begins at home — If you say charity begins at home, you mean that people should deal with the needs of people close to them before they think about helping others.
- 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.
- come up with the goods — If you deliver the goods or come up with the goods, you do what is expected or required of you.
- comparative psychology — the study of the similarities and differences in the behaviour of different species
- conservation of charge — the principle that the total charge of any isolated system is constant and independent of changes that take place within the system
- crankshaft end bearing — The crankshaft end bearing is the bearing between the connecting rod and the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine.
- crime against humanity — repeated actions undertaken by, or condoned by, a government, deemed to infringe human dignity and safety, such as rape, torture, murder, etc
- cross the great divide — to die
- dashing white sergeant — a lively Scottish dance for sets of six people
- diachronic linguistics — historical linguistics.
- dishonorable discharge — the discharge of a person from military service for an offense more serious than one for which a bad-conduct discharge is given.
- dread high bit disease — (character) A condition endemic to PRIME (also known as "PR1ME") minicomputers that results in all the characters having their high bit (0x80, see meta bit) ON rather than OFF. This complicates transporting files to other systems and talking to true 8-bit devices. Folklore had it that PRIME adopted the convention in order to save 25 cents per serial line per machine; PRIME old-timers, on the other hand, claim they inherited the disease from Honeywell via customer NASA's compatibility requirements and struggled heroically to cure it. Whoever was responsible, this probably qualifies as one of the most cretinous design tradeoffs ever made. A few other machines have exhibited similar brain damage.
- duplex high speed data — (DHSD) A term which describes a full-duplex channel that can carry 64 kilobits per second. This is the kind of service provided by an Inmarsat-B type portable earth station or a leased line (not ISDN).
- educational psychology — a branch of psychology concerned with developing effective educational techniques and dealing with psychological problems in schools.
- electrophysiologically — In an electrophysiological way.
- enchanter's nightshade — any of several onagraceous plants of the genus Circaea, esp C. lutetiana, having small white flowers and bristly fruits
- english cocker spaniel — any of a breed of small spaniel, similar to and the progenitor of the cocker spaniel
- 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.
- flushed with something — very excited because of some success or triumph
- frequency shift keying — (communications) (FSK) The use of frequency modulation to transmit digital data, i.e. two different carrier frequencies are used to represent zero and one. FSK was originally used to transmit teleprinter messages by radio (RTTY) but can be used for most other types of radio and land-line digital telegraphy. More than two frequencies can be used to increase transmission rates.
- fresh out of something — If you are fresh out of something, you have recently used the last of it and have none left.
- fringed with something — having a specified thing around the edge
- full english breakfast — morning meal of eggs, bacon, etc.
- garmisch-partenkirchen — a city in S Germany, in the Bavarian Alps.
- geographic determinism — a doctrine that regards geographical conditions as the determining or molding agency of group life.
- get it into one's head — to come to believe (an idea, esp a whimsical one)
- get/come to grips with — If you get to grips with a problem or if you come to grips with it, you consider it seriously, and start taking action to deal with it.
- give a person what for — to punish or reprimand a person severely
- give someone the flick — to dismiss someone from consideration
- give someone the shaft — to cheat or trick someone
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