16-letter words containing t, h, o, u, g, r
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- soft furnishings — home fabrics
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- statutory change — a change in the law
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- 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).
- surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
- the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
- the gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
- 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 scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thinking through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thought disorder — disorganized speech, as flight of ideas or loosening of associations, thought to reflect disorganized thinking and occurring as a symptom of some types of mental illness, as manic disorder or schizophrenia.
- through the mill — a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
- train of thought — sequence of ideas
- 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.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- wrought ironwork — decorative work in wrought iron