16-letter words containing e, r, g, o, s, h
- historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
- horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
- horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
- horseshoe magnet — a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.
- horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
- hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
- housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
- hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
- james oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- kamerlingh onnes — Heike [hahy-kuh] /ˈhaɪ kə/ (Show IPA), 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.
- kamerlingh-onnes — Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913
- light microscope — microscope (def 1).
- lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
- magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
- maremma sheepdog — a large strongly-built sheepdog of a breed with a long, slightly wavy, white coat
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
- ohm, georg simon — Georg Simon Ohm
- oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
- organophosphates — Plural form of organophosphate.
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
- pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
- pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
- philosopher king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- philosopher-king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- phosphor fatigue — screen saver
- process theology — a form of theology that emphasizes the close relation of human beings, nature, and God.
- prospect heights — a town in N Illinois.
- prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
- psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
- purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- scratch together — to assemble with difficulty
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- 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.
- selenomorphology — the study of the lunar surface and landscape
- sharpe's grysbok — either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei (Sharpe's grysbok) having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.
- shoestring catch — a catch of a ball on the fly, made close to the ground while running.