15-letter words containing t, o, h, r
- south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
- south yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 603 sq. mi. (1561 sq. km).
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
- southern lights — aurora australis.
- southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- sphaerosiderite — a type of siderite
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- spread the word — make others aware
- squeeze through — to press forcibly together; compress.
- st. christopher — Saint, died a.d. c250, Christian martyr.
- st.-john's-wort — any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Hypericum, having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves.
- staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
- staphylorrhaphy — repair of a cleft palate by means of staphyloplasty and suturing
- starfish flower — carrion flower (def 2).
- start of header — (character) (SOH) mnemonic for ASCII 1.
- start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
- stay the course — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- stereochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the determination of the relative positions in space of the atoms or groups of atoms in a compound and with the effects of these positions on the properties of the compound.
- stillson wrench — a large wrench having adjustable jaws that tighten as the pressure on the handle is increased
- stock character — a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer.
- stone the crows — an expression of surprise, dismay, etc
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- string together — arrange coherently
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- studhorse poker — stud poker.
- substratosphere — the upper troposphere.
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
- take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
- tear one's hair — the act of tearing.
- techno-thriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
- technostructure — the group or class of technically skilled administrators, scientists, and engineers who manage and influence business, the economy, and government affairs.
- telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
- telethermometer — any of various thermometers that indicate or record temperatures at a distance, as by means of an electric current.
- tetrahydrofuran — a clear liquid, C 4 H 8 O, soluble in water and organic solvents, used as a solvent for resins, in polymerizations and as a chemical intermediate.
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment