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16-letter words containing s, t, y, r, a

  • category mistake — a sentence that says of something in one category what can only intelligibly be said of something in another, as when speaking of the mind located in space
  • cavity resonator — a conducting surface enclosing a space in which an oscillating electromagnetic field can be maintained, the dimensions of the cavity determining the resonant frequency of the oscillations. It is used in microwave devices for frequencies exceeding 300 megahertz
  • cayenne software — (company)   The company formed when CADRE merged with Bachman Information Systems in July 1996.
  • celebrity status — the prominence of film star, footballer, musician etc who is constantly photographed and written about in tabloids and magazines
  • child psychiatry — the branch of psychiatry specializing in the treatment of children.
  • cholecystography — radiography of the gall bladder after administration of a contrast medium
  • chryselephantine — (of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory
  • circumstantially — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • conspiratorially — the act of conspiring.
  • constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
  • constructionally — In a constructional manner.
  • controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
  • conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  • counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
  • cramp sb's style — If someone or something cramps your style, their presence or existence restricts your behavior in some way.
  • crash test dummy — a dummy used in crash tests
  • cray instability — A shortcoming of a program or algorithm that manifests itself only when a large problem is being run on a powerful machine such as a Cray. Generally more subtle than bugs that can be detected in smaller problems running on a workstation or minicomputer.
  • critical density — the density of matter that would be required to halt the expansion of the universe
  • crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
  • cryoprecipitates — Plural form of cryoprecipitate.
  • cryopreservation — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • crystal detector — a demodulator, used esp in microwave circuits and in early radio receivers, consisting of a thin metal wire in point contact with a semiconductor crystal
  • crystalline lens — a biconvex transparent elastic structure in the eye situated behind the iris, serving to focus images on the retina
  • crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
  • crystallographic — of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography.
  • customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
  • cytotrophoblasts — Plural form of cytotrophoblast.
  • dacryocystectomy — The surgical removal of a part of the lacrimal sac.
  • dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
  • depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
  • deputy secretary — the Deputy Secretary of State or Defense etc
  • destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • discriminability — The condition of being discriminable.
  • discriminatingly — With discrimination.
  • discriminatorily — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • display standard — (hardware, standard)   IBM and others have introduced a bewildering plethora of graphics and text display standards for IBM PCs. The standards are mostly implemented by plugging in a video display board (or "graphics adaptor") and connecting the appropriate monitor to it. Each new standard subsumes its predecessors. For example, an EGA board can also do CGA and MDA. With the PS/2, IBM introduced the VGA standard and built it into the main system board motherboard. VGA is also available as a plug-in board for PCs from third-party vendors. Also with the PS/2, IBM introduced the 8514 high-resolution graphics standard. An 8514 adaptor board plugs into the PS/2, providing a dual-monitor capability. Graphics software had to support the major IBM graphics standards and many non-IBM, proprietary standards for displays. Either software vendors provided display drivers or display vendors provided drivers for the software package. In either case, switching software or switching display systems was fraught with compatibility problems. More colours are available from third-party vendors for some display types. See also MDA, CGA, EGA, PGA, Hercules, MCGA, VGA, SVGA, 8514, VESA.
  • display terminal — Visual Display Unit
  • distributionally — In a distributional manner.
  • do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
  • dry distillation — destructive distillation.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • e-carrier system — (communications)   A series of digital transmission formats promulgated by the ITU and used outside of North America and Japan. The basic unit of the E-carrier system is the DS0, which has a transmission rate of 64 Kbps, and is commonly used for one voice circuit. The E1 format consists of 32 DS0 channels, for a total capacity of 2.048 Mbps. E2, E3, E4, and E5 circuits carry multiple E1 channels multiplexed, resulting in transmission rates of up to 565.148 Mbps. The E-carrier system is similar to, and compatible with, the T-carrier system used in North America, but has higher capacity since it uses out-of-band signaling in contrast to the in-band signaling or bit-robbing used in the T-system.
  • earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
  • east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • electrolytic gas — a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water
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