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

  • 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
  • summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
  • superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
  • 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.
  • sushi restaurant — a restaurant serving sushi
  • sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
  • sweet pepperbush — a shrub, Clethra alnifolia, of the eastern and southern coastal U.S., having numerous erect clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
  • synthetic rubber — any of several substances similar to natural rubber in properties and uses, produced by the polymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, as butylene or isoprene, or by the copolymerization of such hydrocarbons with styrene, butadiene, or the like.
  • take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
  • taurocholic acid — an acid, C 26 H 45 NO 7 S, occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of carnivorous animals, which on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid.
  • telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
  • the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
  • the early church — the Christian church in the centuries immediately following Christ's death
  • the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the first fruits — The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
  • 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 public purse — money from or controlled by the government
  • 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 sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
  • the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
  • the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • the urban league — a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States
  • the virgin queen — another name for Queen Elizabeth I of England
  • 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.
  • thinking through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • 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 musketeers — French Les Trois Mousquetaires. a historical novel (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père.
  • three-piece suit — men's formal outfit
  • 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).
  • to hold your own — If you hold your own, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you.
  • to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
  • to try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
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