16-letter words containing h, i, g, e, n, r
- streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
- string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
- summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
- teacher training — practical teaching course
- tensile strength — the resistance of a material to longitudinal stress, measured by the minimum amount of longitudinal stress required to rupture the material.
- the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
- the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
- the herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
- the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the nitty-gritty — the basic facts of a matter, situation, etc; the core
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the virgin queen — another name for Queen Elizabeth I of England
- theatrical agent — an intermediary who brings together actors who are seeking work and theatre producers who are offering parts
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thinking pattern — manner of thinking
- trimethylglycine — betaine.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
- whirling dervish — a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
- yachting regatta — a sailing competition