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16-letter words containing h, e, r, d, t, s

  • 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.
  • short ski method — a way of learning to ski, using short skis
  • shorthand writer — a person trained to write in shorthand
  • shortsightedness — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • shoulder holster — a holster that is worn on the shoulder
  • shut the door on — to refuse to think about
  • sir herbert read — George, 1733–98, American political leader: served in the Continental Congress 1774–77.
  • sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
  • sole stockholder — the only person who holds shares in a business
  • 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
  • spreader-ditcher — a machine for shaping and cleaning roadbeds and ditches and for freeing tracks of ice and snow by plowing and digging.
  • 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.
  • static discharge — Static discharge is the release of static electricity when two objects touch each other.
  • 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
  • streets ahead of — superior to, more advanced than, etc
  • sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
  • 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.
  • take holy orders — to become ordained
  • the barren lands — a region of tundra in N Canada, extending westwards from Hudson Bay: sparsely inhabited, chiefly by Inuit
  • the christ child — a very reverential way of referring to Jesus Christ as a child, used particularly when referring to art
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • the red brigades — a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978
  • the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
  • the retired list — officers who have retired and are on a pension
  • 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
  • the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
  • the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
  • the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
  • the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
  • thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
  • this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
  • 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.
  • three-toed sloth — a small sloth of the genus Bradypus, having three claws on each limb and very long forelimbs.
  • thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
  • to dish the dirt — If someone dishes the dirt on you, they say bad things about you, without worrying if they are true or not, or if they will damage your reputation.
  • tread the boards — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
  • true-heartedness — the quality of being true-hearted
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • under sb's thumb — If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
  • undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
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