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16-letter words containing o, r, t, h, s, c

  • thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
  • to coin a phrase — You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
  • 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.
  • troop the colors — to parade the colors, or flag, before troops
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
  • walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
  • way of the cross — stations of the cross.
  • weather forecast — meteorological prediction
  • white rhinoceros — an African rhinoceros, Diceros simus, having two horns on the nose
  • without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
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