15-letter words containing h, o, t, g, s
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- pathophysiology — the physiology of abnormal or diseased organisms or their parts; the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome.
- personal growth — development as an individual
- phenomenologist — the study of phenomena.
- phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
- physiopathology — pathophysiology.
- pigeon shooting — the act of hunting and shooting live pigeons
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- property rights — a legal right to or in a particular property.
- psychobiologist — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychopathology — the science or study of mental disorders.
- quite something — a remarkable or noteworthy thing or person
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- religious right — US right-wing Christian movement
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- right to choose — the right of a woman to have a legal abortion if she chooses to do so.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
- scotch highland — any of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands.
- scottish gaelic — the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia.
- scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- second thoughts — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- serve one right — to act as a servant.
- shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
- shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shoulder-length — Shoulder-length hair is long enough to reach your shoulders.
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- snaggle toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- snaggle-toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
- sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
- south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
- south kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery