16-letter words containing h, o, m, e, s
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
- so help me (god) — I swear
- sodium hydroxide — a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaOH, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, chips, or pellets, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of other chemicals, rayon, film, soap, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as a caustic.
- sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
- solemn high mass — a Mass sung with the assistance of a deacon and subdeacon.
- somehow or other — in an undetermined way
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
- sour-milk cheese — cottage cheese made from sour milk.
- south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
- spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
- spectrochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical analysis of substances by means of the spectra of light they absorb or emit.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- spongy-mesophyll — the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces.
- 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.
- stenothermophile — a stenothermophilic bacterium.
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- 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.
- 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.
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
- the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- the honor system — a reliance on people to behave properly without supervision
- the morn's nicht — tomorrow night
- the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thomas jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- thumb one's nose — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- to miss the boat — If you say that someone has missed the boat, you mean that they have missed an opportunity and may not get another.
- to pass the time — If you do something to pass the time you do it because you have some time available and not because you really want to do it.
- transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- 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.