16-letter words containing h, i, g, r, o, u
- scarborough lily — a plant, Vallota speciosa, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers.
- schoolgirl crush — an infatuation that a young girl has, usually for an older man such as a teacher or an actor, which is seen as superficial and unlikely to last for long
- shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
- soft furnishings — home fabrics
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
- 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
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thinking through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- 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 the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
- train of thought — sequence of ideas
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- wrought ironwork — decorative work in wrought iron