16-letter words containing s, t, e, y
- (by) courtesy of — If something is provided courtesy of someone or by courtesy of someone, they provide it. You often use this expression in order to thank them.
- absobloodylutely — (British slang) absolutely.
- accounts payable — A company's accounts payable are all the money that it owes to other companies for goods or services that it has received, or a list of these companies and the amounts owed to them.
- acetylene series — a group of similar hydrocarbons
- acetylsalicylate — a salt or ester of acetylsalicylic acid.
- acid house party — a professionally organized party for young people, with Acid House music, sometimes held in a field or disused building
- actinopterygians — Plural form of actinopterygian.
- administratively — pertaining to administration; executive: administrative ability.
- advisory teacher — a teacher who visits schools to advise teachers on curriculum developments within a particular subject area
- affluent society — a society in which the material benefits of prosperity are widely available
- aggregate supply — the total supply of goods and services produced by a national economy in a specified time period, at a specified price level
- amebic dysentery — a form of dysentery caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica)
- anomalistic year — the interval between two successive passages of the earth through perihelion; 365.25964 mean solar days
- anticyclogenesis — the intensification or development of an anticyclone.
- antihypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- antihypertensive — able to inhibit or control hypertension
- antimony sulfate — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-insoluble solid, Sb 2 (SO 4) 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- antimony sulfide — antimony pentasulfide.
- antirecessionary — used to counteract or offest the economic effects of a recession: the president's antirecessionary program.
- anxiety disorder — any of various mental disorders characterized by extreme anxiety and including panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder
- anxiety neurosis — a relatively mild form of mental illness characterized by extreme distress and agitation, often occurring without any obvious cause
- archaeoastronomy — the scientific study of the beliefs and practices concerning astronomy that existed in ancient and prehistoric civilizations
- arthur wellesley — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- as likely as not — very probably
- ascending rhythm — rising rhythm.
- assembly routine — assembler (def 2a).
- astroarchaeology — archaeoastronomy.
- astrometeorology — the study of the theoretical effects of astronomical bodies and forces on the earth's atmosphere.
- astronomer royal — an honorary title awarded to an eminent British astronomer: until 1972, the Astronomer Royal was also director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory
- auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
- autoregressively — In an autoregressive manner.
- aversion therapy — a method of suppressing an undesirable habit, such as excessive smoking, by causing the subject to associate an unpleasant effect, such as an electric shock or nausea, with the habit
- axis of symmetry — Mathematics. a straight line for which every point on a given curve has corresponding to it another point such that the line connecting the two points is bisected by the given line.
- batesian mimicry — mimicry in which a harmless species is protected from predators by means of its resemblance to a harmful or inedible species
- bearish tendency — a tendency for share prices to fall
- beauty therapist — a person whose job is to carry out treatments to improve a person's appearance, such as facials, manicures, removal of unwanted hair, etc
- bertillon system — a system formerly in use for identifying persons, esp criminals, by means of a detailed record of physical characteristics
- birthday present — a gift given to someone on their birthday
- bootstrap memory — memory that allows new programs to be entered because some simple preliminary instructions or information are already built in.
- boston tea party — a raid in 1773 made by citizens of Boston (disguised as Indians) on three British ships in the harbour as a protest against taxes on tea and the monopoly given to the East India Company. The contents of several hundred chests of tea were dumped into the harbour
- boundary dispute — dispute between neighbours about the boundary between their properties
- brittany spaniel — a short-tailed French bird dog that typically has a smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat
- building society — In Britain, a building society is a business which will lend you money when you want to buy a house. You can also invest money in a building society, where it will earn interest. Compare savings and loan association.
- bury st. edmunds — a city in W Suffolk, in E England: medieval shrine.
- business analyst — (job) A person who analyses the operations of a department or functional unit to develop a general systems solution to the problem. The solution will typically involve a combination of manual and automated processes. The business analyst can provide insights into an operation for an information systems analyst.
- butterfly scheme — A parallel version of Scheme for the BBN Butterfly computer.
- butterfly stroke — a swimming stroke in which the arms are plunged forward together in large circular movements
- bypass operation — an operation involving redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery
- canterbury bells — a cultivated bellflower (Campanula medium) with white, pink, or blue cuplike flowers
- canterbury tales — an unfinished literary work by Chaucer, largely in verse, consisting of stories told by pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas à Becket at Canterbury
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