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16-letter words containing o, u, t, e, r, h

  • statutory change — a change in the law
  • 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
  • surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
  • surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
  • take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
  • telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the four hundred — the most exclusive or affluent social clique in a particular place
  • 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 gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
  • the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
  • the hitler youth — a Nazi paramilitary youth organization (1922-45)
  • the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
  • the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
  • the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
  • there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
  • there's no hurry — If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
  • thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
  • 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.
  • three-point turn — When the driver of a vehicle does a three-point turn, he or she turns the vehicle by driving forwards in a curve, then backwards in a curve, and then forwards in a curve.
  • through the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
  • twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
  • 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.
  • under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  • undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
  • unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
  • upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
  • ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
  • well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
  • wheel of fortune — wheel (def 9).
  • without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
  • without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
  • worth your while — If an action or activity is worth someone's while, it will be helpful, useful, or enjoyable for them if they do it, even though it requires some effort.
  • write home about — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
  • your better half — If you talk about your better half or your other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.
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