14-letter words containing s, y, n, t, h
- hyperosteogeny — excessive bone development.
- hypersecretion — an excessive secretion.
- hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hypersensitize — Photography. to treat (a film or emulsion) so as to increase its speed.
- hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- in all honesty — You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting, and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity.
- isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
- keynote speech — opening address at a conference
- labyrinth fish — any of several freshwater fishes of the order Labyrinthi, found in southeastern Asia and Africa, having a labyrinthine structure above each gill chamber enabling them to breathe air while out of water.
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
- lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- mos technology — (company) A microprocessor design company started by some ex-Motorola designers, shortly after the Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800 appeared, in about 1975. MOS Technology introduced the 650x series, based on the Motorola 6800 design, though they were not exact clones for legal reasons. The design goal was a low-cost (smaler chip) design, realized by simplifying the decoder stage. There were no instructions with the value xxxxxx11, reducing the 1-of-4 decoder to a single NAND gate. Instructions with the value xxxxxx11 actually executed two instructions in paralell, some of them useful. The 6501 was pin-compatible with the 6800 for easier market penetration. The 650x-series had an on-chip clock oscillator while the 651x-series had none. The 6510 was used in the Commodore 64, released September 1981 and MOS made almost all the ICs for Commodore's pocket calculators. The PET was an idea of the of the 6500 developers. It was completly developed by MOS, but was manufactured and marketed by Commodore. By the time the it was ready for production (and Commodore had cancelled all orders) MOS had been taken over by Rockwell (Commodore's parent company). Just at this time the 6522 (VIA) was finished, but the data sheet for it was not and its developers had left MOS. For years, Rockwell didn't know in detail how the VIA worked.
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- nihilistically — of or believing in nihilism, or the total rejection of established laws and institutions: An exhibition of nihilistic art—now there's an oxymoron!
- ninety-seventh — next after the ninety-sixth; being the ordinal number for 97.
- nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
- north ayrshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the N part of the historical county of Ayrshire, including the Isle of Arran; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Irvine. Pop: 136 030 (2003 est). Area: 884 sq km (341 sq miles)
- north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
- north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
- north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
- not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- pheasant's eye — an annual ranunculaceous plant, Adonis annua (or autumnalis), with scarlet flowers and finely divided leaves: native to S Europe but naturalized elsewhere
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photosynthesis — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
- photosynthetic — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
- pie in the sky — pie1 (def 8).
- plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
- psychotechnics — the use of psychological techniques for controlling and modifying human behavior, especially for practical ends.
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- rhythm section — band instruments, as drums or bass, that supply rhythm rather than harmony or melody.
- rna synthetase — an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of RNA in cells infected with RNA viruses, allowing production of copies of the viral RNA.
- safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
- schottky noise — shot effect.
- scratch monkey — (humour) As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed. This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto. Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology. Mabel suffered an untimely demise one day when a DEC engineer troubleshooting a crash on the program's VAX inadvertently interfered with some custom hardware that was wired to Mabel. It is reported that, after calming down an understandably irate customer sufficiently to ascertain the facts of the matter, a DEC troubleshooter called up the field circus manager responsible and asked him sweetly, "Can you swim?" Not all the consequences to humans were so amusing; the sysop of the machine in question was nearly thrown in jail at the behest of certain clueless droids at the local "humane" society. The moral is clear: When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey. A corespondent adds: The details you give are somewhat consistent with the version I recall from the Digital "War Stories" notesfile, but the name "Mabel" and the swimming bit were not mentioned, IIRC. Also, there's a very detailed account that claims that three monkies died in the incident, not just one. I believe Eric Postpischil wrote the original story at DEC, so his coming back with a different version leads me to wonder whether there ever was a real Scratch Monkey incident.
- seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
- seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.