16-letter words containing s, p, o, t, e
- gemini telescope — either of two identical 8-metre telescopes for optical and near-infrared observations built by an international consortium. Gemini North is in Hawaii at an altitude of 4200 m on Mauna Kea and Gemini South is in Chile at 2715 m on Cerro Pachón
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
- get up sb's nose — If you say that someone or something gets up your nose, you mean that they annoy you.
- go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
- gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- head post office — the main post office in a town
- health food shop — a shop which sells health foods
- health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
- heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
- hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
- hepatopancreases — Plural form of hepatopancreas.
- high/great hopes — If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
- historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
- hit one's straps — to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
- hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
- hubble telescope — a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges
- hyper-patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hypercorrectness — The state or condition of being hypercorrect.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- hypophosphatemia — (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.
- hypophysectomies — Plural form of hypophysectomy.
- immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
- impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
- import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
- in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
- in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- in the spotlight — prominently featured
- indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
- inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
- inmos transputer — transputer
- inter-comparison — the act of comparing.
- intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
- introspectionist — observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
- intussusceptions — Plural form of intussusception.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
- james oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- japanese bobtail — any of a breed of domestic cat, originating in Japan, with a very short, fluffy tail, and a soft, silky coat often in three colors, white, black, and red