14-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t, m
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heteromorphism — The quality or condition of existing in various forms.
- heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- homotransplant — allograft.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- housing market — property trade
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypothyroidism — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
- hysterectomies — Plural form of hysterectomy.
- hysterectomise — Alt form hysterectomize.
- hysterectomize — to remove the uterus from by surgery.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- major prophets — theology
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
- merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
- metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphosise — (UK, nonstandard) To metamorphose.
- metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.