16-letter words containing c, h, l, o, r, t
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- synchrocyclotron — a type of cyclotron that synchronizes its accelerating voltage with particle velocity in order to compensate for the relativistic mass increase of the particle as it approaches the speed of light.
- 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.
- 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.
- tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- to clear the air — If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
- topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
- tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
- tricolored heron — an American heron, Hydranassa tricolor, that is dark bluish-gray above and white below with seasonally red neck stripes in the male.
- troop the colors — to parade the colors, or flag, before troops
- 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.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor