16-letter words containing o, h, i, r
- smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
- social gathering — party, get-together
- sodium hydroxide — a white, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, NaOH, usually in the form of lumps, sticks, chips, or pellets, that upon solution in water generates heat: used chiefly in the manufacture of other chemicals, rayon, film, soap, as a laboratory reagent, and in medicine as a caustic.
- soft furnishings — home fabrics
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- sour-milk cheese — cottage cheese made from sour milk.
- south australian — a state in S Australia. 380,070 sq. mi. (984,380 sq. km). Capital: Adelaide.
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- south carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
- spanish moroccan — of or relating to the former Spanish colony of Spanish Morocco (now part of Morocco) or its inhabitants
- spectrochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical analysis of substances by means of the spectra of light they absorb or emit.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- st. clair shores — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- 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.
- stenothermophile — a stenothermophilic bacterium.
- still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- straight shooter — a person who is forthright and upstanding in behavior.
- string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
- stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
- sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
- surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- synchronous idle — (character) (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
- taurocholic acid — an acid, C 26 H 45 NO 7 S, occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of carnivorous animals, which on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid.
- tetrahydrozoline — a compound, C 13 H 16 N 2 , used in the treatment of nasal congestion and certain conditions of eye irritation.
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
- the herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
- the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
- the hill of tara — the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings, in Co Meath near Dublin
- the hitler youth — a Nazi paramilitary youth organization (1922-45)
- the holy trinity — God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- the lion's share — the largest portion
- the little karoo — a high arid plateau in South Africa
- the morn's nicht — tomorrow night
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
- the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the scotch-irish — people of Scotch-Irish descent
- the worried well — people who are healthy but are concerned about becoming ill and so take medication or see a medical practitioner when they don't need to
- the written word — writing rather than speaking
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- thermoanesthesia — thermanesthesia.