16-letter words containing h, o, p, i

system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
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 dispossessed — people who have had property or possessions taken away
the first couple — the US president and their spouse
the herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
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.
to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
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.
trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
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
typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
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.
union membership — members of a trade union
unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
up-to-the-minute — extending to the present moment, as information, facts, or style: an up-to-the-minute news report.
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
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).
windowpane shell — capiz.
wipe off the map — to put out of existence
yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them
yellow pikeperch — the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.
zenith telescope — a telescope mounted to point only at the zenith, used at some observatories for measuring time by the stars.

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