20-letter words containing s, o, r, e, t, h

hypercholesterolemia — the presence of an excessive amount of cholesterol in the blood.
hypercholesterolemic — (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypercholesterolemia.
hyperhomocysteinemia — (medicine) The presence of an excessive amount of homocysteine in the blood.
immunohistochemistry — the application of immunologic techniques to the chemical analysis of cells and tissues.
in the nature of sth — If you say that one thing is in the nature of another, you mean that it is like the other thing.
indicated horsepower — the horsepower of a reciprocating engine as shown by an indicator record. Abbreviation: ihp, IHP.
instruction prefetch — (architecture) A technique which attempts to minimise the time a processor spends waiting for instructions to be fetched from memory. Instructions following the one currently being executed are loaded into a prefetch queue when the processor's external bus is otherwise idle. If the processor executes a branch instruction or receives an interrupt then the queue must be flushed and reloaded from the new address. Instruction prefetch is often combined with pipelining in an attempt to keep the pipeline busy. By 1995 most processors used prefetching, e.g. Motorola 680x0, Intel 80x86.
insulin-coma therapy — a former treatment for mental illness, especially schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
internal hemorrhoids — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
interpersonal theory — the theory that personality development and behavior disorders are related to and determined by relationships between persons.
islets of langerhans — biology: pancreatic cells
isochronous transfer — isochronous
john o'groat's house — the northern tip of Scotland, near Duncansby Head, NE Caithness, traditionally thought of as the northernmost point of Britain: from Land's End to John o'Groat's House.
joseph of arimathaea — a member of the Sanhedrin who placed the body of Jesus in the tomb. Matt. 27:57–60; Mark 15:43.
keep your mouth shut — If you keep your mouth shut about something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret.
kick over the traces — either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
knights hospitallers — a military religious order founded about the time of the first crusade (1096–99) among European crusaders. It took its name from a hospital and hostel in Jerusalem
know all the answers — be opinionated
least-squares method — a method of estimating values from a set of observations by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between the observations and the values to be found.
liberty of the press — freedom of the press.
life-support machine — A life-support machine is the equipment that is used to keep a person alive when they are very ill and cannot breathe without help.
light-weight process — (operating system, parallel) (LWP) A single-threaded sub-process which, unlike a thread, has its own process identifier and may also differ in its inheritance and controlling features. Several operating systems, e.g. SunOS 5.x, provide system calls for creating and controlling LWPs.
linguistic geography — dialect geography.
liturgy of the hours — a revision (promulgated in 1970) of the arrangement and texts of the Divine Office
lonely hearts column — the part of a newspaper or magazine where lonely hearts ads appear
lump in one's throat — the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
magnetohydrodynamics — the branch of physics that deals with the motion of electrically conductive fluids, especially plasmas, in magnetic fields. Abbreviation: MHD.
make short shrift of — to dispose of quickly and unsympathetically
master of the revels — an English court official from the late 15th to early 18th centuries responsible to the Lord Chamberlain for overseeing and paying for court entertainments.
measure one's length — to fall, lie, or be thrown down at full length
membranous labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
methyl styryl ketone — benzylidene acetone.
microelectrophoresis — any of several techniques for observing, by means of a microscope or an ultramicroscope, the electrophoresis of minute surface particles.
mischaracterizations — Plural form of mischaracterization.
moreton bay chestnut — an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture
multipurpose vehicle — a large car, similar to a van, designed to carry up to eight passengers
multistep hydroplane — a motorship having a flat bottom built as a series of planes inclined forward, the ship planing on each from stem to stern as its speed increases.
music of the spheres — a music, imperceptible to human ears, formerly supposed to be produced by the movements of the spheres or heavenly bodies.
near someone's heart — dear or important to someone
neuropsychiatrically — In terms of neuropsychiatry.
night storage heater — a heater or radiator that stores heat at night-time because electricity is cheaper
north celestial pole — the point of intersection of the earth's extended axis and the northern half of the celestial sphere, lying about 1° from Polaris
northern territories — a territory in N Australia. 523,620 sq. mi. (1,356,175 sq. km). Capital: Darwin.
occupation franchise — the right of a tenant to vote in national and local elections
olfactory anesthesia — absence or loss of the sense of smell.
on o's best behavior — If someone is on their best behavior, they are trying very hard to behave well.
on the starboard bow — within 45 degrees to the starboard of straight ahead
one's heart's desire — If you say that someone or something is your heart's desire, you mean that you want that person or thing very much.
one's spiritual home — Your spiritual home is the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there.
order of the thistle — an ancient Scottish order of knighthood revived by James VII of Scotland in 1687. It consists of the sovereign, 16 knights brethren, and extra members created by statute. It is the equivalent of the Order of the Garter, and is usually conferred on Scots

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