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19-letter words containing o, p, h, r, i, t

  • southern hemisphere — the half of the earth between the South Pole and the equator.
  • spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
  • spirit of hartshorn — a colorless, pungent, suffocating, aqueous solution of about 28.5 percent ammonia gas: used chiefly as a detergent, for removing stains and extracting certain vegetable coloring agents, and in the manufacture of ammonium salts.
  • spread oneself thin — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • substitution cipher — a cipher that replaces letters of the plain text with another set of letters or symbols.
  • symptomatic anthrax — blackleg.
  • teacher-pupil ratio — the number of teachers relative to the number of pupils in a particular school
  • telephone directory — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
  • the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • the hampshire downs — a range of low chalk hills that crosses Hampshire in S England
  • the little corporal — a nickname of Napoleon Bonaparte
  • the open university — (in Britain) a university founded in 1969 for mature students studying by television and radio lectures, correspondence courses, local counselling, and summer schools
  • the patriotic front — a political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 2001 as a coalition of two communist parties, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which had worked together to fight against White minority rule in Rhodesia
  • the provisional ira — the unofficial faction of the IRA that became increasingly dominant following a split in 1969. The Provisional movement remained committed to a policy of terrorism until its ceasefires of the mid-1990s
  • theatrical producer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of a theatrical production
  • theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
  • therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
  • think on (or upon) — to give thought or consideration to
  • thiophosphoric acid — an acid derived from phosphoric acid by substituting one or more sulfur atoms for oxygen atoms.
  • three-point landing — an aircraft landing in which the two wheels of the main landing gear and the tail or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously.
  • throw in the sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
  • tie-clip microphone — a small microphone that is clipped to a person's tie
  • time sharing option — (operating system)   (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
  • to be up shit creek — to be in an extremely bad situation
  • to do the drying-up — to dry dishes, cups, glasses, etc after they have been washed
  • to pull your weight — If you pull your weight, you work as hard as everyone else who is involved in the same task or activity.
  • to the prejudice of — to the detriment of
  • toshiba corporation — (company)   A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, consumer products and medical diagnostic imaging equipment. In FY 2003-4, Toshiba employed 161,286 people.
  • trisodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
  • trooping the colour — a military ceremony, performed by regiments of the British army and the Commonwealth, in which the regimental colour or flag is marched past ranks of troops
  • trusteeship council — a United Nations body that supervises the government of a territory by a foreign country
  • tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
  • typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
  • under the spotlight — If someone or something comes under the spotlight, they are thoroughly examined, especially by journalists and the public.
  • university hospital — a hospital that is affiliated with a university. University hospitals provide clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients
  • velocity microphone — a microphone in which the output varies according to the instantaneous velocity of the air molecules in the incident sound waves.
  • what's your poison? — what would you like to drink?
  • whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
  • with your eyes open — If you say that you did something with your eyes open or with your eyes wide open, you mean that you knew about the problems and difficulties that you were likely to have.
  • withdrawal symptoms — When someone has withdrawal symptoms, they feel ill after they have stopped taking a drug which they were addicted to.
  • writ of prohibition — a command by a higher court that a lower court shall not exercise jurisdiction in a particular case.
  • write-protect notch — a cut-out on a floppy disk that determines whether a disk is writable
  • zenithal projection — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it, either at one of the poles (polar zenithal), at the equator (equatorial zenithal), or between (oblique zenithal)
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