16-letter words containing d, a, p, h, n, e
- put in the shade — to appear better than (another); surpass
- radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- sex-and-shopping — (of a novel) belonging to a genre of novel in which the central character, a woman, has a number of sexual encounters, and the author mentions the name of many up-market products
- shared ownership — (in Britain) a form of house purchase whereby the purchaser buys a proportion of the dwelling, usually from a local authority or housing association, and rents the rest
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
- spear-head spoon — diamond-point spoon.
- special handling — (in the U.S. Postal Service) the handling of third- and fourth-class mail as first-class upon the payment of a fee.
- spiny-rayed fish — any of various fishes, as basses and perches, that have sharp, often pointed and usually rigid fin spines.
- spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
- 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
- tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
- the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
- windowpane shell — capiz.