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16-letter words containing d, e, a, n, t, h

  • phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
  • phytoremediation — a process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants.
  • pithecanthropoid — of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members.
  • psychic distance — the degree of emotional detachment maintained toward a person, group of people, event, etc.
  • put in the shade — to appear better than (another); surpass
  • ranikhet disease — Newcastle disease.
  • redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
  • research student — a student studying for a doctoral award, that is, a PhD or an MPhil
  • 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
  • rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
  • right-hand drive — A right-hand drive vehicle has its steering wheel on the right side. It is designed to be driven in countries such as Britain, Japan, and Australia where people drive on the left side of the road.
  • 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.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • scratch hardness — resistance of a material, as a stone or metal, to scratching by one of several other materials, the known hardnesses of which are assembled into a standard scale, as the Mohs' scale of minerals.
  • secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
  • shoot one's load — (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm
  • shorthand writer — a person trained to write in shorthand
  • shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
  • sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
  • soft in the head — stupid or foolish
  • sonata da chiesa — an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, that usually consists of four movements alternating between slow and fast.
  • south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
  • southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
  • spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
  • st. john's-bread — carob (def 2).
  • stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
  • standard english — the English language in its most widely accepted form, as written and spoken by educated people in both formal and informal contexts, having universal currency while incorporating regional differences.
  • stannic chloride — a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.
  • 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
  • steric hindrance — the prevention or retardation of inter- or intramolecular interactions as a result of the spatial structure of a molecule.
  • strain hardening — a process in which a metal is permanently deformed in order to increase its resistance to further deformation
  • 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.
  • tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
  • tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
  • tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
  • thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
  • the barren lands — a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay: sparsely inhabited, chiefly by Inuit
  • the england team — any sports team representing England, esp the England football team.
  • the here and now — the present time
  • the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • the mekong delta — the area where the Mekong River empties into the sea through distributaries
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