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16-letter words containing s, o, t, h

  • 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).
  • sulfamethoxazole — an antimicrobial substance, C 1 0 H 1 1 N 3 O 3 S, used against a variety of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, as in the treatment of certain urinary tract infections and skin infections.
  • 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
  • summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
  • summation method — a method for associating a sum with a divergent series.
  • 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.
  • system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
  • take holy orders — to become ordained
  • take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • 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.
  • technical school — college of further and vocational education
  • telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
  • tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
  • the amazon basin — the catchment area of the River Amazon
  • the best part of — most of
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
  • the constitution — the document containing the fundamental laws of the United States: it consists of the seven original articles, adopted in 1789, and twenty-seven amendments
  • the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
  • the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
  • the cuckoo's egg — A great book (and subsequent BBC TV series) telling the true story of Clifford Stoll, an astronomy professor at UCB's Lawrence Berkeley Lab. A 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorised user (a cracker) on his system. The cracker, code named "Hunter", was breaking into US computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Hunter was part of a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine, and reporting to the KGB.
  • the dispossessed — people who have had property or possessions taken away
  • the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
  • the easy way out — least demanding solution
  • 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 heavens open — If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily.
  • the home nations — the countries that make up the United Kingdom: England, N. Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • 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 noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • the opposite sex — women in relation to men or men in relation to women
  • 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 second house — the second daily performance of a play or show
  • the sooner state — the nickname of the US state of Oklahoma, which comes from the name of its early settlers
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