16-letter words containing h, i, g, r
- 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 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 roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the tamil tigers — a Sri Lankan Tamil separatist movement founded in the early 1970s that sought to establish an independent Tamil homeland (Tamil Eelam) in northern Sri Lanka; they waged a military campaign until defeated in 2009 by the Sri Lankan army
- 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
- 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.
- tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
- to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
- trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
- train of thought — sequence of ideas
- trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
- 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.
- walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- washington thorn — a dense tree, Crataegus phaenopyrum, of the rose family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having triangular leaves, small clusters of white flowers, and clusters of bright red fruit.
- weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
- weighted average — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- whirligig beetle — any of numerous aquatic beetles of the family Gyrinidae, commonly seen in groups circling about rapidly on the surface of the water.
- 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
- withdrawing room — a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.
- wrought ironwork — decorative work in wrought iron
- yachting regatta — a sailing competition