16-letter words containing a, m, o, n, t, h
- phytoremediation — a process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants.
- plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
- plymouth company — a company, formed in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America and that founded a colony in Maine in 1607.
- pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
- put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
- reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
- 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
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- semi-hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- siberian mammoth — a shaggy-coated mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses.
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
- spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- 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.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
- thalamencephalon — the diencephalon.
- the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
- the commonwealth — the government in England under the Cromwells and Parliament from 1649 to 1660
- the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- the little woman — one's wife
- 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
- 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.
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- three-card monte — a gambling game in which the players are shown three cards and bet that they can identify one particular card of the three, as stipulated by the dealer, after the cards have been moved around face down by the dealer.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- to a/the minimum — If you say that someone keeps something to a minimum, or to the minimum, you mean that they keep the amount of it as small as possible.
- tobacco hornworm — the larva of a hawk moth, Manduca sexta, having a hornlike structure at its posterior end and feeding on the leaves of tobacco and other plants of the nightshade family.
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).