16-letter words containing o, r, t, h, d, i
- north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
- on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
- orthodox judaism — Judaism as observed by Orthodox Jews.
- orthoformic acid — a hypothetical acid, HC(OH) 3 , known only in the form of its esters.
- otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
- photoperiodicity — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
- phytoremediation — a process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants.
- pinot chardonnay — Chardonnay.
- pithecanthropoid — of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members.
- point de hongrie — flame stitch.
- pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
- 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
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- rising diphthong — a diphthong in which the first of two apparent vocalic elements is of lesser stress or sonority than the second, as the (wä) in guava [gwah-vuh] /ˈgwɑ və/ (Show IPA).
- round the wrekin — the long way round
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- russian orthodox — of or relating to the Russian Orthodox Church
- schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
- schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
- scottish borders — a council area in SE Scotland, on the English border: created in 1996, it has the same boundaries as the former Borders Region: it is mainly hilly, with agriculture (esp sheep farming) the chief economic activity. Administrative centre: Newtown St Boswells. Pop: 108 280 (2003 est). Area: 4734 sq km (1827 sq miles)
- short ski method — a way of learning to ski, using short skis
- shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
- shorthand typist — A shorthand typist is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office.
- shorthand writer — a person trained to write in shorthand
- shortsightedness — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- 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.
- stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
- 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
- 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 herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- 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
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- 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.
- thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
- 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.
- 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.