16-letter words containing o, u, t, h, r, s
- southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
- southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
- statutory change — a change in the law
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- 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).
- 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.
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
- 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'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.
- 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.
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
- 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.
- 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.
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- 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
- well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
- without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders