16-letter words containing t, h, e, n, i, g
- standard english — the English language in its most widely accepted form, as written and spoken by educated people in both formal and informal contexts, having universal currency while incorporating regional differences.
- sterling heights — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- strain hardening — a process in which a metal is permanently deformed in order to increase its resistance to further deformation
- streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
- string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
- student teaching — the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
- summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
- teacher training — practical teaching course
- teaching machine — a mechanical, electrical, or other automatic device that presents the user with items of information in planned sequence, registers his or her response to each item, and immediately indicates the acceptability of each response.
- tensile strength — the resistance of a material to longitudinal stress, measured by the minimum amount of longitudinal stress required to rupture the material.
- the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
- the foreign-born — immigrants of a country
- the herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
- the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- the missing link — a hypothetical extinct animal or animal group, formerly thought to be intermediate between the anthropoid apes and man
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the nitty-gritty — the basic facts of a matter, situation, etc; the core
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- the virgin queen — another name for Queen Elizabeth I of England
- theatrical agent — an intermediary who brings together actors who are seeking work and theatre producers who are offering parts
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thinking pattern — manner of thinking
- trimethylglycine — betaine.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- washington state — the state of Washington, especially as distinguished from Washington, D.C.
- weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
- win the exchange — to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
- with a vengeance — an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
- woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).
- yachting regatta — a sailing competition