16-letter words containing o, r, t, h, g, a
- 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).
- surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
- teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
- the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
- the great karroo — karroo in S South Africa: c. 350 mi (563 km) long & 2,000 to 3,000 ft (610 to 914 m) high
- the great powers — the states or nations of the world with the most economic, political and military strength
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the orange order — a society founded in Ireland (1795) to uphold the Protestant religion, the Protestant dynasty, and the Protestant constitution
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
- top-of-the-range — de luxe, expensive
- train of thought — sequence of ideas
- trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- 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.
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
- withdrawing room — a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.
- x-ray photograph — a radiograph made with x-rays.