16-letter words containing t, h, y
- chernobyl packet — (networking) /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, named in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ethernet address and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare Christmas tree packet.
- chew the scenery — to overact, as in a play or film
- chiclet keyboard — (hardware, abuse) A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of Chiclets chewing gum. Used especially to describe the original IBM PCjr keyboard. Vendors unanimously liked these because they were cheap, and a lot of early portable and laptop computers were launched with them. Customers rejected the idea with almost equal unanimity, and chiclets are not often seen on anything larger than a digital watch any more.
- 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
- chymotrypsinogen — the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin
- chytridiomycosis — An infectious disease of amphibians caused by the chytrid fungus.
- clay-with-flints — a deposit of stiff clay containing unworn whole flints in the S England
- clean technology — techniques used in manufacturing processes that minimize the damage caused to the environment
- close by/at hand — Something that is close by or close at hand is near to you.
- coherence theory — the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.
- commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- community church — an independent or denominational church in a particular community.
- community school — a school offering some nonacademic activities related to life in a particular community and often serving as a community centre
- copyright symbol — (character, legal) "©" The internationally recognised symbol required to introduce a copyright notice, a letter C with a circle around it. This can be encoded in ISO 8859-1 as character code decimal 169, hexadecimal A9, in HTML as ©, © or ©. A "c" in parentheses: "(c)" is sometimes used in documents stored in a coded character set such as ASCII that does not include the C in a circle, but this has no legal meaning.
- covariant theory — the principle that physical laws have the same form and interrelations in any system of coordinates in which they are expressed.
- crash test dummy — a dummy used in crash tests
- cry for the moon — to desire the unattainable
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- crystallographic — of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography.
- cyclohexamantane — (chemistry) A certain diamondoid, C26H30.
- cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
- cytoarchitecture — (biology) The arrangement of cells in an organism or organ.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- cytotrophoblasts — Plural form of cytotrophoblast.
- darwinian theory — Darwin's theory of evolution, which holds that all species of plants and animals developed from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations, and that natural selection determines which forms will survive
- daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
- dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
- dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
- depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
- diacetylmorphine — heroin.
- diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
- diethyltoluamide — a liquid, C 12 H 17 NO, used as an insect repellent and resin solvent.
- dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
- dimethoxymethane — methylal.
- dimethyl sulfate — a colorless or yellow, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, (CH 3) 2 SO 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
- dimethylglyoxime — (organic compound) The oxime 2,3-butanedione dioxime that is used as a reagent in the analysis of nickel and palladium.
- 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.
- do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
- dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
- dyed-in-the-wool — through and through; complete: a dyed-in-the-wool reformer.
- earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
- easy on the eyes — good looking, physically attractive
- electrochemistry — The branch of chemistry that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena.
- electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.