18-letter words containing h, e, p, t, o, d
- planned parenthood — an organization that gives out information on the planning of the number and spacing of the births of one's children, as through the use of birth-control measures
- positively charged — having a positive charge
- potassium chloride — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral water, and as a source of other potassium compounds.
- pound the pavement — a paved road, highway, etc.
- prepare the ground — make conditions ready
- prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
- pseudo-anarchistic — a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
- put heads together — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- rooted to the spot — If you are rooted to the spot, you are unable to move because you are very frightened or shocked.
- september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
- sheltered workshop — a place of employment for persons with disabilities where their rights are protected and their needs are met.
- shipping documents — documents relating to the sending of a shipment of goods, for example containing details of contents, weight, value etc.
- sodium hyposulfite — sodium thiosulfate.
- sonic depth finder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
- spotted flycatcher — a European woodland songbird, Muscicapa striata, with a greyish-brown streaked plumage: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)
- temporary hardness — hardness of water due to the presence of magnesium and calcium hydrogencarbonates, which can be precipitated as carbonates by boiling
- the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
- the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
- the lords temporal — (in Britain) peers other than bishops in their capacity as members of the House of Lords
- the operative word — If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
- three-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction.
- to hold your peace — If you hold or keep your peace, you do not speak, even though there is something you want or ought to say.
- to pick and choose — If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
- to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
- vectorcardiography — a method of determining the direction and magnitude of the electrical forces of the heart.
- white-spotted hyla — a type of tree frog (H. leucophyllata) of tropical America