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

  • southern lights — aurora australis.
  • southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • technostructure — the group or class of technically skilled administrators, scientists, and engineers who manage and influence business, the economy, and government affairs.
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
  • the restoration — the reestablishment of the monarchy in England in 1660 under Charles II
  • the second form — the second year of secondary school
  • the smart money — If you say that the smart money is on a particular person or thing, you mean that people who know a lot about it think that this person will be successful, or this thing will happen.
  • thermodiffusion — thermal diffusion.
  • thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
  • third dimension — the additional dimension by which a solid object is distinguished from a planar projection of itself or from any planar object.
  • thirtysomething — a person in her or his thirties
  • thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
  • to err is human — If you say that to err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  • towers of hanoi — (games)   A classic computer science problem, invented by Edouard Lucas in 1883, often used as an example of recursion. "In the great temple at Benares, says he, beneath the dome which marks the centre of the world, rests a brass plate in which are fixed three diamond needles, each a cubit high and as thick as the body of a bee. On one of these needles, at the creation, God placed sixty-four discs of pure gold, the largest disc resting on the brass plate, and the others getting smaller and smaller up to the top one. This is the Tower of Bramah. Day and night unceasingly the priests transfer the discs from one diamond needle to another according to the fixed and immutable laws of Bramah, which require that the priest on duty must not move more than one disc at a time and that he must place this disc on a needle so that there is no smaller disc below it. When the sixty-four discs shall have been thus transferred from the needle on which at the creation God placed them to one of the other needles, tower, temple, and Brahmins alike will crumble into dust, and with a thunderclap the world will vanish." The recursive solution is: Solve for n-1 discs recursively, then move the remaining largest disc to the free needle. Note that there is also a non-recursive solution: On odd-numbered moves, move the smallest sized disk clockwise. On even-numbered moves, make the single other move which is possible.
  • trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
  • trustworthiness — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
  • uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • under one's hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
  • unrighteousness — not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
  • unseaworthiness — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • visible horizon — horizon (def 1).
  • vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
  • weather station — an installation equipped and used for meteorological observation.
  • wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
  • western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.
  • where one lives — in one's sensitive or defenceless position
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