14-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t
- 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)
- it's no bother — If you say 'it's no bother' after offering to do something for someone, you are emphasizing that you really want to do it and that it will take very little effort.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- know the score — understand the situation
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
- 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.
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
- microchemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with minute quantities of substances.
- microphysicist — a physicist who specializes in microphysics
- mind the store — to tend to business
- minor prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misanthropists — Plural form of misanthropist.
- monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
- morphotonemics — the morphophonemics of tonal phenomena.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- mortise chisel — framing chisel.
- mother goddess — Kālī.
- mother shipton — a day-flying noctuid moth, Callistege mi, mottled brown in colour and named from a fancied resemblance between its darker marking and a haggish profile
- motherlessness — The state or condition of being motherless.
- mount rushmore — Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
- mum's the word — silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
- narcocatharsis — a technique in narcoanalysis in which the patient is encouraged to reveal suppressed emotions or memories with the aid of narcotic drugs
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- nether regions — the lower part of a place, esp when unpleasant or frightening
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- newsworthiness — The characteristic of being newsworthy.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- no sooner…than — immediately after or when
- non-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.