16-letter words containing p, h, i, l, c, s
- psychophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the interrelation of mental and physical phenomena.
- public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
- public schoolboy — a boy attending a public school, or a man who attended one
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- shipping channel — a navigational pathway that a ship uses to travel from one place to another
- shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
- shopping complex — a shopping centre
- slap in the face — smack on the cheek
- social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
- spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- special handling — (in the U.S. Postal Service) the handling of third- and fourth-class mail as first-class upon the payment of a fee.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- spherical excess — the difference between the sum of the angles of a spherical triangle and two right angles.
- splanchnic nerve — Anatomy. any of several nerves to the viscera and blood vessels of the chest and pelvic areas.
- stannic sulphide — an insoluble solid compound of tin usually existing as golden crystals or as a yellowish-brown powder: used as a pigment. Formula: SnS2
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- 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).
- sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
- telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- 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.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
- whited sepulchre — hypocrite
- yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them
- zenith telescope — a telescope mounted to point only at the zenith, used at some observatories for measuring time by the stars.