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

  • rutherford atom — the atom postulated as analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a small, central, positive nucleus that constitutes practically the entire mass of the atom
  • saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
  • saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • scared to death — terrified
  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • school district — A school district is an area which includes all the schools that are situated within that area and are governed by a particular authority.
  • scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
  • scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
  • self-worthiness — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • separate school — (in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education
  • serve one right — to act as a servant.
  • service history — information concerning all of a car's services (ie overhauls, checks, or repairs)
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • sherwood forest — an ancient royal forest in central England, chiefly in Nottinghamshire: the traditional haunt of Robin Hood.
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • shock resistant — not affected by impact
  • shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
  • shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
  • shoot the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
  • shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
  • shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
  • short and sweet — having little length; not long.
  • short of breath — If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
  • short-eared owl — a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.
  • shorthand notes — notes written in shorthand
  • shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
  • shot in the arm — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • shoulder-length — Shoulder-length hair is long enough to reach your shoulders.
  • shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
  • shroud of turin — a linen cloth kept in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, since the late 1500s that bears a faint life-size human image venerated by some as the imprint of the dead body of Jesus.
  • shut your mouth — stop talking
  • sir arthur john — Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
  • social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
  • sociohistorical — involving social and historical elements
  • socratic method — the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.
  • sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
  • soft-shell crab — a crab, especially the blue crab, that has recently molted and therefore has a soft, edible shell.
  • software method — Software Methodology
  • sojourner truth — Sojourner [soh-jur-ner,, soh-jur-ner] /ˈsoʊ dʒɜr nər,, soʊˈdʒɜr nər/ (Show IPA), (Isabella Van Wagener) 1797?–1883, U.S. abolitionist, orator, and women's-rights advocate, born a slave.
  • soldier's heart — cardiac neurosis.
  • somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
  • south australia — a state in S Australia. 380,070 sq. mi. (984,380 sq. km). Capital: Adelaide.
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