16-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
- st. clair shores — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- st. john's-bread — carob (def 2).
- stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- stannic chloride — a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.
- state of the art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- statutory change — a change in the law
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- stenothermophile — a stenothermophilic bacterium.
- still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- straight shooter — a person who is forthright and upstanding in behavior.
- streets ahead of — superior to, more advanced than, etc
- stretch receptor — muscle spindle.
- string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
- stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
- 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
- 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.
- synchrocyclotron — a type of cyclotron that synchronizes its accelerating voltage with particle velocity in order to compensate for the relativistic mass increase of the particle as it approaches the speed of light.
- take holy orders — to become ordained
- teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
- the best part of — most of
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
- the great powers — the states or nations of the world with the most economic, political and military strength
- the honor system — a reliance on people to behave properly without supervision
- the lion's share — the largest portion
- the morn's nicht — tomorrow night
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
- the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
- the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the scotch-irish — people of Scotch-Irish descent
- the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- the sooner state — the nickname of the US state of Oklahoma, which comes from the name of its early settlers
- the state sector — the part of the economy that is controlled by the state
- the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
- the years of sth — the period when sth happened or existed
- the yellow press — (formerly) popular newspapers publishing sensational stories
- theatre workshop — a theatre company that is noted for the unconventional theatrical performances it puts on, especially with reference to a company based in the East End of London from 1953 to 1973 that was founded in 1945 by Joan Littlewood