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

  • to stop short of — If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.
  • to try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
  • tobacco hornworm — the larva of a hawk moth, Manduca sexta, having a hornlike structure at its posterior end and feeding on the leaves of tobacco and other plants of the nightshade family.
  • top-of-the-range — de luxe, expensive
  • topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
  • torrijos herrera — Omar [aw-mahr] /ɔˈmɑr/ (Show IPA), 1929–81, Panamanian military and political leader: chief of state 1972–78.
  • tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
  • train of thought — sequence of ideas
  • transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
  • tread the boards — to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
  • trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
  • trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
  • trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
  • tricolored heron — an American heron, Hydranassa tricolor, that is dark bluish-gray above and white below with seasonally red neck stripes in the male.
  • triiodothyronine — Biochemistry. a thyroid hormone, C 15 H 12 I 3 NO 4 , similar to thyroxine but several times more potent.
  • troop the colors — to parade the colors, or flag, before troops
  • twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  • 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.
  • unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
  • upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
  • ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
  • walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
  • walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
  • washington thorn — a dense tree, Crataegus phaenopyrum, of the rose family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having triangular leaves, small clusters of white flowers, and clusters of bright red fruit.
  • watson-wentworth — Charles, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham [rok-ing-uh m] /ˈrɒk ɪŋ əm/ (Show IPA), 1730–82, British statesman: prime minister 1765–66, 1782.
  • way of the cross — stations of the cross.
  • way of the world — a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve.
  • weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
  • weather forecast — meteorological prediction
  • well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
  • whatever sb does — You say whatever you do when giving advice or warning someone about something.
  • wheel of fortune — wheel (def 9).
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
  • white rhinoceros — an African rhinoceros, Diceros simus, having two horns on the nose
  • white wood aster — a composite plant, Aster divaricatus, of North America, having flat-topped clusters of white ray flowers and growing in dry woods.
  • white-eyed vireo — a vireo, Vireo griseus, of eastern North America, having olive, yellow, and white plumage, a yellow ring around each eye, and white irises.
  • white-haired boy — a favourite; darling
  • wholeheartedness — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
  • windchill factor — an estimated measurement of the cooling effect of air and wind, esp. when applied to the loss of body heat from exposed skin; chill factor
  • withdrawing room — a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.
  • without a murmur — If someone does something without a murmur, they do it without complaining.
  • without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
  • without recourse — a qualified endorsement on such a negotiable instrument, by which the endorser protects himself or herself from liability to subsequent holders
  • worth one's salt — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
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