15-letter words containing s, o, t, h
- sadomasochistic — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- scared to death — terrified
- scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
- schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
- schistosomiasis — an infection caused by parasitic flukes of the genus Schistosoma, occurring commonly in eastern Asia and in tropical regions and transmitted to humans through feces-contaminated fresh water or snails: symptoms commonly include pain, anemia, and malfunction of the infected organ.
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
- school district — A school district is an area which includes all the schools that are situated within that area and are governed by a particular authority.
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
- schottky defect — an unoccupied position in a crystal lattice caused by the relocation of an atom or ion from the interior to the surface of the crystal.
- schottky effect — a reduction in the energy required to remove an electron from a solid surface in a vacuum when an electric field is applied to the surface
- scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
- scotch highland — any of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands.
- scotch woodcock — toast spread with anchovy paste and topped with loosely scrambled eggs.
- scottish gaelic — the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia.
- scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- second thoughts — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- see the back of — to be rid of
- see the last of — to see for the last time
- self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
- self-exhibition — an exhibiting, showing, or presenting to view.
- self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
- self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- separate school — (in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education
- serve one right — to act as a servant.
- service history — information concerning all of a car's services (ie overhauls, checks, or repairs)
- set one's teeth — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shalosh seudoth — the last of the three prescribed Sabbath meals, taken after Minhah and before the evening service.
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- sherwood forest — an ancient royal forest in central England, chiefly in Nottinghamshire: the traditional haunt of Robin Hood.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- shoot one's wad — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- shoot the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- shoot-the-chute — a fairground ride consisting of a boat which slides down into a lagoon
- shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
- shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
- short and sweet — having little length; not long.
- short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
- short-eared owl — a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.