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14-letter words containing s, o, t, h, l

  • phosphorolytic — of or relating to phosphorolysis
  • photocatalysis — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
  • photogeologist — a person who studies or has a profession in photogeology
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • photorealistic — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
  • phytosociology — the branch of ecology dealing with the origin, composition, structure, and classification of plant communities.
  • platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
  • platycephalous — flat-headed
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • podophthalmous — relating to a crustacean
  • polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • port nicholson — the first British settlement in New Zealand, established on Wellington Harbour in 1840: grew into Wellington
  • potter's wheel — a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.
  • private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
  • psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • rule the roost — a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
  • sabbath school — Sunday school.
  • saint nicholas — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
  • schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
  • scholar's mate — a simple mate by the queen on the f7 square, achievable by white's fourth move
  • scholastically — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
  • school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
  • school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education
  • schoolmistress — a woman who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • scotch thistle — a tall, prickly plant, Onopordum acanthium, native to Eurasia, having stems and leaves covered with cottony down and solitary purple flower heads: the national emblem of Scotland.
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • shalach manoth — the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim.
  • sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shifty-looking — having the appearance of being dishonest
  • shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
  • shoo-fly plant — apple of Peru.
  • shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
  • shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
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