16-letter words containing a, t, h, i, e, s
- stannic sulphide — an insoluble solid compound of tin usually existing as golden crystals or as a yellowish-brown powder: used as a pigment. Formula: SnS2
- static character — a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.
- static discharge — Static discharge is the release of static electricity when two objects touch each other.
- steamboat gothic — a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
- stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- steric hindrance — the prevention or retardation of inter- or intramolecular interactions as a result of the spatial structure of a molecule.
- sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- 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
- street christian — (especially in the 1960s) a Christian whose religious life centers more in social or communal groups than in institutional churches.
- 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
- summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
- summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- sushi restaurant — a restaurant serving sushi
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
- technical school — college of further and vocational education
- tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
- thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
- the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
- the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
- the first family — a President's family
- the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- the lion's share — the largest portion
- the marseillaise — the French national anthem. Words and music were composed in 1792 by C. J. Rouget de Lisle as a war song for the Rhine army of revolutionary France
- the noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
- 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 silver state — the nickname of the US state of Nevada, which comes from the large amount of silver discovered and mined there
- the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
- the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
- 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 war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
- the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
- theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
- thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
- thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thesis statement — a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.
- thick as thieves — very close friends
- thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- to coin a phrase — You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
- to miss the boat — If you say that someone has missed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.