16-letter words containing a, l, m, s, h, o
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
- medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
- military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- moral philosophy — philosophy dealing with the principles of morality; ethics.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- ophthalmologists — Plural form of ophthalmologist.
- ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
- palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
- parasol mushroom — a common edible field mushroom, Macrolepiota (Lepiota) procera, having a light-brown, scaly cap.
- pascal's theorem — the theorem that the lines joining adjacent vertices of a hexagon intersect the same straight line if alternate vertices lie on two intersecting straight lines.
- pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
- physiognomically — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
- pseudohemophilia — a clotting disorder caused by abnormal factor VIII activity, and characterized by a prolonged bleeding time but without the delayed coagulation time of hemophilia.
- put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
- residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- shoemaker-levy 9 — a comet that was captured into an orbit around Jupiter and later broke up, the fragments colliding with Jupiter in July 1995
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- solemn high mass — a Mass sung with the assistance of a deacon and subdeacon.
- spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- sulfamethoxazole — an antimicrobial substance, C 1 0 H 1 1 N 3 O 3 S, used against a variety of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, as in the treatment of certain urinary tract infections and skin infections.
- summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends