16-letter words containing s, y, t, o
- dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
- depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
- depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
- destroyer escort — a lightly armed warship smaller than a destroyer, designed to escort fleets or convoys
- 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.
- discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
- 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.
- distributionally — In a distributional manner.
- do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
- do-it-yourselfer — an advocate or enthusiast of do-it-yourself
- doctor's surgery — A doctor's surgery is the same as a doctor's office.
- 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
- drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
- dry distillation — destructive distillation.
- dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
- dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
- easy on the eyes — good looking, physically attractive
- ebony spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium platyneuron, of woody areas of North America, having ladderlike leaves and shiny, dark brown stems.
- electrochemistry — The branch of chemistry that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena.
- electrolytic gas — a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
- erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
- eyebrow tweezers — small tweezers for plucking hairs out of your eyebrows
- factor of safety — the ratio of the maximum stress that a structural part or other piece of material can withstand to the maximum stress estimated for it in the use for which it is designed.
- fantasy football — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
- fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
- fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
- flash photolysis — the study of photochemical reaction mechanisms in gases by analyzing spectroscopically the reaction products in a gas mixture irradiated with a powerful light flash.
- 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.
- focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
- forefathers' day — the anniversary of the day (December 21, 1620, in Old Style December 11) on which the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. Owing to an error in changing the date from the Old Style to the New, it is generally observed on December 22.
- fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
- friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
- gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.
- get one's eye in — to become accustomed to the conditions, light, etc, with a consequent improvement in one's performance
- glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
- 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.
- gregory of tours — Saint, a.d. 538?–594, Frankish bishop and historian.
- gyratory crusher — A gyratory crusher is a crusher in which a cone-shaped rod rotates in a cone-shaped bowl.
- harvey firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
- 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.
- horary astrology — a method through which the answer to a question is sought by casting and interpreting a horoscope for the precise moment one learns of an event, problem, career opportunity, etc.