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16-letter words containing h, o, a

  • 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.
  • state of the art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
  • state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
  • statutory change — a change in the law
  • steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
  • steamboat gothic — a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
  • stick at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
  • still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
  • stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
  • stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
  • stomach-churning — causing nausea.
  • straight shooter — a person who is forthright and upstanding in behavior.
  • streets ahead of — superior to, more advanced than, etc
  • string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
  • stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
  • 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).
  • sulfamethoxazole — an antimicrobial substance, C 1 0 H 1 1 N 3 O 3 S, used against a variety of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, as in the treatment of certain urinary tract infections and skin infections.
  • 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.
  • summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
  • summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
  • surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
  • surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
  • surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
  • take (to) flight — to run away; flee
  • take holy orders — to become ordained
  • take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
  • take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
  • take to the road — to start traveling; set out
  • taurocholic acid — an acid, C 26 H 45 NO 7 S, occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of carnivorous animals, which on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid.
  • teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
  • teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
  • technical school — college of further and vocational education
  • tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
  • tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
  • thalamencephalon — the diencephalon.
  • thalidomide baby — a baby that has physical abnormalities due to the drug thalidomide being taken by the mother while the baby was still a developing fetus
  • thatched cottage — a cottage that has a roof that is thatched with straw, reed etc
  • the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
  • the annunciation — the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38)
  • the anthropocene — a proposed term for the present geological epoch (from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards), during which humanity has begun to have a significant impact on the environment
  • the best part of — most of
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the commonwealth — the government in England under the Cromwells and Parliament from 1649 to 1660
  • the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
  • the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
  • the devil to pay — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
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