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16-letter words containing t, o, l, h, e, a

  • neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
  • neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
  • new commonwealth — a term used esp in the latter part of the 20th century in Britain to describe countries in the British Commonwealth that became independent after World War II
  • non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
  • north battleford — a city in W central Saskatchewan, in central Canada.
  • north charleston — a city in SE South Carolina.
  • north lauderdale — a city in SE Florida.
  • north palm beach — a town in E Florida.
  • north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • northern ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Capital: Belfast.
  • not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
  • oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
  • on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
  • online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
  • ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
  • osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
  • out like a light — If someone goes out like a light, they fall asleep or become unconscious very quickly or immediately.
  • palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
  • palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
  • para-nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
  • pascal's theorem — the theorem that the lines joining adjacent vertices of a hexagon intersect the same straight line if alternate vertices lie on two intersecting straight lines.
  • pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
  • people's charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
  • perchloromethane — carbon tetrachloride.
  • phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
  • photopolarimeter — a polarimeter that uses a photocell.
  • phylogenetically — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • pitch-cone angle — (in a bevel gear) the apex angle of the truncated cone (pitch cone) which forms the reference surface on which the teeth of a bevel gear are cut
  • plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
  • post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
  • postencephalitic — inflammation of the substance of the brain.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
  • rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • schoolteacherish — showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
  • self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • shoot one's load — (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm
  • shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
  • shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
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