15-letter words containing h, a, o
- south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
- south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- south salt lake — a town in N Utah.
- south-southeast — the point on the compass midway between south and southeast.
- southeast asian — the countries and land area of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southend-on-sea — a seaport in SE Essex, in SE England, on Thames estuary.
- southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- souvanna phouma — Prince, 1901–84, Laotian statesman: premier 1951–54, 1956–58, 1960, and 1962–75.
- spanish bayonet — any of certain plants belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having narrow, spine-tipped leaves and a cluster of white flowers.
- spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- sphaerosiderite — a type of siderite
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- spit and polish — great care in maintaining smart appearance and crisp efficiency: The commander was concerned more with spit and polish than with the company's morale.
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- spread the word — make others aware
- staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
- staphylorrhaphy — repair of a cleft palate by means of staphyloplasty and suturing
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- start of header — (character) (SOH) mnemonic for ASCII 1.
- start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
- stay the course — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- step on the gas — accelerate, drive faster
- stigmatophilist — a person who has stigmatophilia
- stock character — a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer.
- stop at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- susan b anthony — Antony, Mark.
- swainson's hawk — a migratory hawk, Buteo swainsoni, of western North America, that winters in southern South America.
- swamp white oak — an oak, Quercus bicolor, of eastern North America, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding, for making furniture, etc.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- sweet chocolate — cocoa product with high sugar content
- swing both ways — to enjoy sexual partners of both sexes
- sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.