0%

16-letter words containing a, g, e, h

  • stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
  • straight shooter — a person who is forthright and upstanding in behavior.
  • straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
  • strain hardening — a process in which a metal is permanently deformed in order to increase its resistance to further deformation
  • streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
  • string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
  • student teaching — the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
  • sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
  • summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
  • superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
  • surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
  • take (to) flight — to run away; flee
  • teacher training — practical teaching course
  • teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
  • teaching machine — a mechanical, electrical, or other automatic device that presents the user with items of information in planned sequence, registers his or her response to each item, and immediately indicates the acceptability of each response.
  • thatched cottage — a cottage that has a roof that is thatched with straw, reed etc
  • the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
  • the england team — any sports team representing England, esp the England football team.
  • the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
  • the gentle craft — fishing
  • the great escape — a film (1963) directed by John Sturges, written by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett, based on a book by Paul Brickhill, and starring Steve McQueen. It follows an attempt made by Allied prisoners of war to escape a German prisoner of war camp during World War II
  • the great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • the great karroo — karroo in S South Africa: c. 350 mi (563 km) long & 2,000 to 3,000 ft (610 to 914 m) high
  • the great powers — the states or nations of the world with the most economic, political and military strength
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • the mekong delta — the area where the Mekong River empties into the sea through distributaries
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • the orange order — a society founded in Ireland (1795) to uphold the Protestant religion, the Protestant dynasty, and the Protestant constitution
  • the red brigades — a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978
  • the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
  • the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
  • the tamil tigers — a Sri Lankan Tamil separatist movement founded in the early 1970s that sought to establish an independent Tamil homeland (Tamil Eelam) in northern Sri Lanka; they waged a military campaign until defeated in 2009 by the Sri Lankan army
  • the urban league — a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States
  • theatrical agent — an intermediary who brings together actors who are seeking work and theatre producers who are offering parts
  • there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
  • thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
  • thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
  • thinking pattern — manner of thinking
  • tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
  • to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
  • to set the stage — If someone sets the scene or sets the stage for an event to take place, they make preparations so that it can take place.
  • top-of-the-range — de luxe, expensive
  • vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
  • vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
  • walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
  • washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
  • washington state — the state of Washington, especially as distinguished from Washington, D.C.
  • weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?