15-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t, m
- free atmosphere — the part of the atmosphere that lies above the frictional influence of the earth's surface.
- gas thermometer — a device for measuring temperature by observing the change in either pressure or volume of an enclosed gas.
- geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
- geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
- gödel's theorem — either of two theorems published by the mathematician Kurt Gödel in 1931 that prove all mathematical systems are incomplete in that their truth or consistency can only be proved using a system of a higher order
- green's theorem — one of several theorems that connect an integral in n -dimensional space with one in (n − 1)-dimensional space.
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- hemochromatosis — a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, especially of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron.
- hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
- histomorphology — histology.
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- horner's method — a technique, involving successive substitutions, for approximating the real roots of an equation with real coefficients.
- housemistresses — Plural form of housemistress.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hyperpotassemia — hyperkalemia.
- hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
- hypopituitarism — abnormally diminished activity of the pituitary gland, especially of the anterior lobe.
- hystricomorphic — relating to a suborder of rodents
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- john chrysostom — Saint John, a.d. 347?–407, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- mahrisch-ostrau — German name of Moravská Ostrava.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- military school — military academy.
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
- more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
- mother's helper — a person who is hired to assist in household chores, especially caring for children.
- motoring school — an organization that provides driving lessons
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II