0%

14-letter words containing r, o, t, h, e, s

  • discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
  • do the honours — If someone does the honours at a social occasion or public event, they act as host or perform some official function.
  • dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
  • duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
  • east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • east-northeast — the point on a compass midway between east and northeast.
  • ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
  • eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
  • electric shock — electric current entering the body
  • electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • electrophorese — (biochemistry) To carry out electrophoresis on something.
  • electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
  • elevator shaft — passage for a lift
  • emprosthotonos — Alternative form of emprosthotonus.
  • emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • erythrocytosis — Polycythemia.
  • erythropoiesis — The production of red blood cells.
  • ethnohistorian — One who studies ethnohistory.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
  • fast of esther — a Jewish fast day observed on the 13th day of the month of Adar in memory of Esther's fast of three days before petitioning her husband, King Ahasuerus of Persia, to spare the Jews from destruction by Haman.
  • femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
  • finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
  • for the use of — If something is for the use of a particular person or group of people, it is for that person or group to use.
  • foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
  • formal methods — (mathematics, specification)   Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
  • forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
  • fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
  • foster brother — a boy brought up with another child of different parents.
  • fresh out (of) — having just sold or used up the last one or part (of)
  • from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
  • front of house — restaurant
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
  • ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
  • ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • hair extension — attached length of hair
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?