16-letter words containing a, u, d, h
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- russian orthodox — of or relating to the Russian Orthodox Church
- scheduled castes — (in India) the official name given to the lower castes that are now protected by the government and offered special concessions.
- schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shared resources — the sharing of peripherals among several terminals
- shoulder harness — the part of a seat belt that goes over the shoulder and diagonally across the chest.
- show cause order — a court order issued to a party in a lawsuit, directing that party to appear to give reasons why a certain action should not be put into effect by the court.
- show-me attitude — a sceptical frame of mind
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- 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.
- sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
- sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
- 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
- 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
- summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
- surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
- sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
- swedish vallhund — a small sturdy dog of a Swedish breed with a long body and pricked pointed ears
- synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- taurocholic acid — an acid, C 26 H 45 NO 7 S, occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of carnivorous animals, which on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid.
- thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
- the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- 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)
- thousand islands — a group of about 1500 islands between the US and Canada, in the upper St Lawrence River: administratively divided between the two countries
- 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 try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
- tristan da cunha — a group of four volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, belonging to St. Helena. 40 sq. mi. (104 sq. km).
- true-heartedness — the quality of being true-hearted
- tuatha de danann — a race of gods or demigods who defeated the Fomorians and ruled Ireland during a golden age.
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- under the hammer — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
- urim and thummim — two objects probably used as oracles and carried in the breastplate of the high priest (Exodus 28:30)
- vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
- what do you know — People sometimes say 'What do you know!' when they are very surprised about something.
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around