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

  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
  • thinking through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
  • thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • thirteenth chord — a chord much used in jazz and pop, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth above the root
  • this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
  • thought disorder — disorganized speech, as flight of ideas or loosening of associations, thought to reflect disorganized thinking and occurring as a symptom of some types of mental illness, as manic disorder or schizophrenia.
  • 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.
  • thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
  • throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
  • 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.
  • through the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
  • tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
  • to break the ice — If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable.
  • to clear the air — If you do something to clear the air, you do it in order to resolve any problems or disagreements that there might be.
  • 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 dish the dirt — If someone dishes the dirt on you, they say bad things about you, without worrying if they are true or not, or if they will damage your reputation.
  • to draw the line — If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.
  • 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.
  • torrijos herrera — Omar [aw-mahr] /ɔˈmɑr/ (Show IPA), 1929–81, Panamanian military and political leader: chief of state 1972–78.
  • tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
  • train of thought — sequence of ideas
  • transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
  • trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
  • trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
  • trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
  • tricolored heron — an American heron, Hydranassa tricolor, that is dark bluish-gray above and white below with seasonally red neck stripes in the male.
  • triiodothyronine — Biochemistry. a thyroid hormone, C 15 H 12 I 3 NO 4 , similar to thyroxine but several times more potent.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
  • uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
  • union membership — members of a trade union
  • unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
  • 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
  • verbal diarrhoea — a tendency to speak at excessive length
  • walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
  • washington thorn — a dense tree, Crataegus phaenopyrum, of the rose family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having triangular leaves, small clusters of white flowers, and clusters of bright red fruit.
  • weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
  • wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
  • white rhinoceros — an African rhinoceros, Diceros simus, having two horns on the nose
  • white wood aster — a composite plant, Aster divaricatus, of North America, having flat-topped clusters of white ray flowers and growing in dry woods.
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