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

  • prospect heights — a town in N Illinois.
  • prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
  • protestant ethic — work ethic.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
  • quasi-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • recursion theory — (theory)   The study of problems that, in principle, cannot be solved by either computers or humans.
  • richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • saccharification — to convert (starch) into sugar.
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
  • school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
  • schoolteacherish — showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • scottish borders — a council area in SE Scotland, on the English border: created in 1996, it has the same boundaries as the former Borders Region: it is mainly hilly, with agriculture (esp sheep farming) the chief economic activity. Administrative centre: Newtown St Boswells. Pop: 108 280 (2003 est). Area: 4734 sq km (1827 sq miles)
  • scottish terrier — one of a Scottish breed of small terriers having short legs and a wiry, steel-gray, brindled, black, sandy, or wheaten coat.
  • scratch together — to assemble with difficulty
  • secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
  • sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
  • shoestring catch — a catch of a ball on the fly, made close to the ground while running.
  • shortfin corvina — See under corvina.
  • showcase project — a project designed to attract attention and show off the abilities of the people involved in it
  • social gathering — party, get-together
  • sole stockholder — the only person who holds shares in a business
  • something fierce — desperately, intensely
  • south carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • south charleston — a city in W West Virginia.
  • spectrochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical analysis of substances by means of the spectra of light they absorb or emit.
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • st. clair shores — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • stannic chloride — a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.
  • statutory change — a change in the law
  • steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
  • stomach-churning — causing nausea.
  • stretch receptor — muscle spindle.
  • string orchestra — an orchestra consisting only of violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
  • 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).
  • synchrocyclotron — a type of cyclotron that synchronizes its accelerating voltage with particle velocity in order to compensate for the relativistic mass increase of the particle as it approaches the speed of light.
  • teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
  • the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the morn's nicht — tomorrow night
  • the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
  • the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
  • the scotch-irish — people of Scotch-Irish descent
  • the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
  • the state sector — the part of the economy that is controlled by the state
  • the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
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