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20-letter words containing s, t, y, l, o

  • hypercholesterolemia — the presence of an excessive amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hypercholesterolemic — (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypercholesterolemia.
  • ignatius (of) loyola — Saint(born Iñigo López de Recalde) (1491-1556); Sp. priest: founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit order): his day is July 31
  • industrial democracy — control of an organization by the people who work for it, esp by workers holding positions on its board of directors
  • industrial sociology — the sociological study of social relationships and social structures in business settings.
  • insulin-coma therapy — a former treatment for mental illness, especially schizophrenia, employing insulin-induced hypoglycemia as a method for producing convulsive seizures.
  • international system — an internationally accepted coherent system of physical units, derived from the MKSA (meter-kilogram-second-ampere) system, using the meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela as the basic units (SI units) respectively of the fundamental quantities of length, mass, time, electric current, temperature, amount of substance, and luminous intensity. Abbreviation: SI.
  • interpersonal theory — the theory that personality development and behavior disorders are related to and determined by relationships between persons.
  • laboratory assistant — laboratory technician, lab assistant
  • laboratory diagnosis — scientific analysis of a disease
  • liberty of the press — freedom of the press.
  • linearly ordered set — a set in which a relation, as “less than or equal to,” holds for all pairs of elements of the set.
  • 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
  • lost property office — room for mislaid objects
  • lower yosemite falls — a section of Yosemite Falls in central California, in the Yosemite National Park, that is 98 m (320 ft) high
  • lymphogranulomatosis — widespread infectious granuloma of the lymphatic system.
  • magical mystery tour — something exciting and mysterious; esp an exploration of a new place where somebody being shown or taken around does not know where exactly they will be going
  • 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.
  • microcrystalline wax — Microcrystalline wax is a wax used as a stiffening agent and as a coating agent for tablets and capsules.
  • miliary tuberculosis — tuberculosis in which the bacilli are spread by the blood from one point of infection, producing small tubercles in other parts of the body.
  • military superiority — the power, strength, or numbers of armed forces of a country viewed as an advantage over another country
  • missionary apostolic — an honorary title conferred by the pope on certain missionaries.
  • molecular gastronomy — an approach to cooking in which a chef’s knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology allows him or her to experiment with unusual flavour combinations and cooking techniques
  • multipart stationery — continuous stationery comprising two or more sheets, either carbonless or with carbon paper between the sheets
  • multiple personality — a rare disorder in which an individual displays several functionally dissociated personalities, each of a complexity comparable to that of a normal individual.
  • 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.
  • multistorey car park — a car park consisting of several levels
  • neuropsychiatrically — In terms of neuropsychiatry.
  • olfactory anesthesia — absence or loss of the sense of smell.
  • operational strategy — a plan or set of plans for successfully running a business, etc
  • ousterhout's fallacy — Ousterhout's dichotomy
  • overenthusiastically — With excessive enthusiasm.
  • personality disorder — any of a group of mental disorders characterized by deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behavior and personality style, which are usually recognizable as early as adolescence and are often lifelong in duration.
  • photophosphorylation — phosphorylation that utilizes light as a source of energy, as in the formation of ATP from ADP and phosphorus during photosynthesis.
  • physical double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
  • physical examination — an examination, usually by a physician, of a person's body in order to determine his or her state of health or physical fitness, as for military service or participation in a sport.
  • physical meteorology — the branch of meteorology dealing with the study of optical, electrical, acoustical, and thermodynamic phenomena in the atmosphere, including the physics of clouds and precipitation.
  • planetary precession — the small component of the precession of the equinoxes contributed by the motion of the ecliptic, the change in orientation of the plane of the earth's orbit being produced by the gravitational attraction of the planets.
  • polyanthus narcissus — a Eurasian amaryllidaceous plant, Narcissus tazetta, having clusters of small yellow or white fragrant flowers
  • positive electricity — the electricity present in a body or substance that has a deficiency of electrons, as the electricity developed on glass when rubbed with silk.
  • postal delivery zone — zone (def 10).
  • property speculation — the buying or selling of property in the hope of deriving capital gains
  • psychiatric hospital — institution treating mental disorders
  • psychological moment — the proper or critical time for achieving a desired result: She found the right psychological moment to make her request.
  • psychomotor epilepsy — temporal-lobe epilepsy.
  • royal air force list — an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the RAF and reserve officers liable for recall
  • royal british legion — an organization founded in 1921 to provide services and assistance for former members of the armed forces
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