16-letter words containing s, y, m, o
- duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
- dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
- economy of scale — a fall in average costs resulting from an increase in the scale of production
- electrochemistry — The branch of chemistry that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena.
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- emergency powers — special permission allowing a minister, government, etc to take action in an emergency without having to have their actions approved by parliament
- extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
- family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
- fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
- flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
- flynn's taxonomy — (architecture) A classification of computer architectures based on the number of streams of instructions and data: Multiple instruction/single data stream (MISD) - unusual.
- glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
- goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
- gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- hamadryas baboon — a baboon, Papio (Comopithecus) hamadryas, of Ethiopia, the male of which has a mantle of long, dark hair about the head and shoulders: held sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- henley-on-thames — a city in SE Oxfordshire, in S England: annual rowing regatta.
- hodmezovasarhely — a city in SE Hungary.
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- hyper-patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypophosphatemia — (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.
- hypophysectomies — Plural form of hypophysectomy.
- i'm sorry to say — You use the expression I'm sorry to say to express regret together with disappointment or disapproval.
- if you must know — You say 'if you must know' when you tell someone something that you did not want them to know and you want to suggest that you think they were wrong to ask you about it.
- in so many words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- in someone's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.
- job entry system — (operating system) (JES) An IBM mainframe term. There are really two JESs. JES2 is smaller and simpler, and can handle 99.99% of most jobs that run on IBM's MVS operating system. JES3 is much bigger and requires really big iron to run.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- law of parsimony — a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions.
- lose your memory — If you lose your memory, you forget things that you used to know.
- luminosity class — a classification of stars of a given spectral type according to their luminosity, breaking them down into dwarfs, giants, and supergiants.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- measured daywork — a system of wage payment, usually determined by work-study techniques, whereby the wage of an employee is fixed on the understanding that a specific level of work performance will be maintained
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- methyl cellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.