16-letter words containing h, o, p, e, t, i
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the opposite sex — women in relation to men or men in relation to women
- the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- three-point line — Basketball. a field goal worth three points, made from behind a specified line (three-point line)
- three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
- three-point turn — When the driver of a vehicle does a three-point turn, he or she turns the vehicle by driving forwards in a curve, then backwards in a curve, and then forwards in a curve.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
- tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
- to coin a phrase — You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
- 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.
- topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
- two-tailed pasha — a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges
- up-to-the-minute — extending to the present moment, as information, facts, or style: an up-to-the-minute news report.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
- will-o'-the-wisp — ignis fatuus (def 1).
- wipe off the map — to put out of existence
- zenith telescope — a telescope mounted to point only at the zenith, used at some observatories for measuring time by the stars.