16-letter words containing s, e, t, h

north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
north vietnamese — relating to North Vietnam or its people
northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
northwesternmost — Farthest northwest.
not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
off-the-shoulder — not covering the shoulder
ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
on the beam-ends — tipping so far to the side as to be in danger of capsizing
on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
on the safe side — as a precaution
on the same page — one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
on the scrapheap — (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
on the sidelines — in the area along the sidelines
on the stroke of — punctually at
on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
one and the same — When two or more people or things are thought to be separate and you say that they are one and the same, you mean that they are in fact one single person or thing.
online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
open parenthesis — left parenthesis
ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
organophosphates — Plural form of organophosphate.
orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
out of the woods — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
over the transom — by unsolicited submission, as to a publisher
over-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
parrot's-feather — a South American water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, having hairlike pinnate leaves, widely cultivated as an aquarium plant.
particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
pascal's theorem — the theorem that the lines joining adjacent vertices of a hexagon intersect the same straight line if alternate vertices lie on two intersecting straight lines.
pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
people's charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
phalansterianism — a system by which society would be reorganized into units comprising their own social and industrial elements; Fourierism.
pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
phillis wheatley — Phillis [fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
phlebothrombosis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein.
phosphor fatigue — screen saver
photoluminescent — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
photorespiration — the oxidation of carbohydrates in many higher plants in which they get oxygen from light and then release carbon dioxide, somewhat different from photosynthesis.
photosensitivity — the quality of being photosensitive.

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