16-letter words containing g, e, t, s, h, o
- psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
- psychotechnology — the body of knowledge, theories, and techniques developed for understanding and influencing individual, group, and societal behavior in specified situations.
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
- scratch together — to assemble with difficulty
- 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.
- set light to sth — If you set light to something, you make it start burning.
- shoestring catch — a catch of a ball on the fly, made close to the ground while running.
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
- short sweetening — sugar.
- shortsightedness — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
- social gathering — party, get-together
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- statutory change — a change in the law
- steamboat gothic — a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- straight shooter — a person who is forthright and upstanding in behavior.
- string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
- summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
- surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
- 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.
- telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
- the cuckoo's egg — A great book (and subsequent BBC TV series) telling the true story of Clifford Stoll, an astronomy professor at UCB's Lawrence Berkeley Lab. A 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorised user (a cracker) on his system. The cracker, code named "Hunter", was breaking into US computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Hunter was part of a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine, and reporting to the KGB.
- the gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
- the great powers — the states or nations of the world with the most economic, political and military strength
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- thought disorder — disorganized speech, as flight of ideas or loosening of associations, thought to reflect disorganized thinking and occurring as a symptom of some types of mental illness, as manic disorder or schizophrenia.
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
- to let go of sth — If you let go of a feeling, attitude, or the control that you have over something, you accept that you should give it up or that it should no longer influence you.
- to lose sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
- to see the light — If someone sees the light, they finally realize something or change their attitude or way of behaving to a better one.
- to set the stage — If someone sets the scene or sets the stage for an event to take place, they make preparations so that it can take place.
- washington state — the state of Washington, especially as distinguished from Washington, D.C.
- woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).