16-letter words containing n, o, t, h, e, l
- psychotechnology — the body of knowledge, theories, and techniques developed for understanding and influencing individual, group, and societal behavior in specified situations.
- pull the plug on — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
- school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
- schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- settlement house — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- settlement-house — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
- shoot one's bolt — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- shoot one's load — (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- shuttle movement — the movement of a component from one place to another and back to its original position
- slap on the back — to congratulate
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- social gathering — party, get-together
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- south charleston — a city in W West Virginia.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
- spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
- stannic chloride — a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- stenothermophile — a stenothermophilic bacterium.
- stilton (cheese) — a rich, crumbly cheese with veins of blue-green mold
- take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- teachable moment — a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general: Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.
- technical school — college of further and vocational education
- telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
- tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
- tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
- thalamencephalon — the diencephalon.
- the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
- the commonwealth — the government in England under the Cromwells and Parliament from 1649 to 1660
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- the holy trinity — God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
- the leonine city — a district of Rome on the right bank of the Tiber fortified by Pope Leo IV
- the lion's share — the largest portion
- the little woman — one's wife
- the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
- the mekong delta — the area where the Mekong River empties into the sea through distributaries