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17-letter words containing y, o, h, i

  • prohibition party — a U.S. political party organized in 1869, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.
  • protein synthesis — the process by which amino acids are linearly arranged into proteins through the involvement of ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, messenger RNA, and various enzymes.
  • psychodiagnostics — the study and evaluation of character or personality in terms of behavioral and anatomical traits, as gesture, posture and physiognomy.
  • psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
  • psychographically — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
  • psycholinguistics — the study of the relationship between language and the cognitive or behavioral characteristics of those who use it.
  • psychometric test — a test designed to test a person's mental state, personality and thought processes
  • psychoprophylaxis — Lamaze method.
  • psychotherapeutic — psychotherapy.
  • pull your head in — be quiet!
  • radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
  • respiratory chain — a series of mitochondrial proteins that transport electrons of hydrogen, released in the Krebs cycle, from acetyl coenzyme A to inhaled oxygen to form H 2 O: the energy released in the process is conserved as ATP.
  • reticulate python — a python, Python reticulatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, sometimes growing to a length of 32 feet (10 meters): usually considered to be the largest snake in the world.
  • scheme repository — A collection of free Scheme programs.
  • scientific theory — a coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation: the scientific theory of evolution.
  • shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
  • shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
  • sister of charity — a member of one of several congregations of sisters founded in 1634 by St. Vincent de Paul.
  • sixty-fourth note — a note having one sixty-fourth of the time value of a whole note; hemidemisemiquaver.
  • sixty-fourth rest — a rest equal in time value to a sixty-fourth note.
  • social psychology — the psychological study of social behavior, especially of the reciprocal influence of the individual and the group with which the individual interacts.
  • spherical polygon — a closed figure formed by arcs of great circles on a spherical surface.
  • spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
  • spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
  • statutory holiday — a public holiday; a holiday all workers are entitled to
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • stereolithography — a process for creating three-dimensional objects using a computer-controlled laser to build up the required structure, layer by layer, from a liquid photopolymer that solidifies.
  • sulfonyl chloride — a colorless liquid, SO 2 Cl 2 , having a very pungent odor and corrosive to the skin and mucous membranes: used as a chlorinating or sulfonating agent.
  • surprise symphony — the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn.
  • synchronistically — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • the evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
  • the life of riley — If you say that someone is living the life of Riley, you mean that they have a very easy and comfortable life with few worries.
  • the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the olympic torch — a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • thermoelectricity — electricity generated by heat or temperature difference, as in a thermocouple.
  • thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
  • to have it in you — If you have it in you, you have abilities and skills which you do not usually use and which only show themselves in a difficult situation.
  • to play the field — If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
  • to play with fire — If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
  • to say nothing of — You use to say nothing of when you mention an additional thing which gives even more strength to the point you are making.
  • trichloroethylene — a colorless, poisonous liquid, C 2 HCl 3 , used chiefly as a degreasing agent for metals and as a solvent, especially in dry cleaning, for fats, oils, and waxes. Abbreviation: TCE.
  • trick photography — photography that creates an illusion
  • uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • unitary authority — (in the United Kingdom) a district administered by a single tier of local government, esp those districts of England that became administratively independent of the county councils in 1996–98
  • utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
  • voice synthesizer — a computer system that is used to artificially produce the human voice
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