16-letter words containing s, o, u, t, h, m
- sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
- south vietnamese — of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
- speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- 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.
- 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.
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- thumb one's nose — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends