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15-letter words containing n, o, r, h

  • shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
  • shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
  • shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • 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.
  • short and sweet — having little length; not long.
  • shorthand notes — notes written in shorthand
  • shoshone cavern — a large cave in NW Wyoming: a national monument.
  • shot in the arm — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • shoulder season — a travel season between peak and off-peak seasons, especially spring and fall, when fares tend to be relatively low.
  • shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
  • shoulder-length — Shoulder-length hair is long enough to reach your shoulders.
  • shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
  • sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
  • sir arthur john — Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
  • sojourner truth — Sojourner [soh-jur-ner,, soh-jur-ner] /ˈsoʊ dʒɜr nər,, soʊˈdʒɜr nər/ (Show IPA), (Isabella Van Wagener) 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.
  • south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
  • 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
  • southern lights — aurora australis.
  • southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
  • spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
  • splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • st.-john's-wort — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves.
  • start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
  • stillson wrench — a large wrench having adjustable jaws that tighten as the pressure on the handle is increased
  • stone the crows — an expression of surprise, dismay, etc
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • string together — arrange coherently
  • strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
  • subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
  • sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
  • superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
  • superphenomenon — a phenomenon that is beyond the typical qualities of phenomena
  • symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
  • take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
  • tear one's hair — the act of tearing.
  • techno-thriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
  • technostructure — the group or class of technically skilled administrators, scientists, and engineers who manage and influence business, the economy, and government affairs.
  • tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
  • the amen corner — the part of a church, usually to one side of the pulpit, occupied by people who lead the responsive amens during the service
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
  • the crucifixion — the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
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