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15-letter words containing t, o, u, c, h, s

  • fifth columnist — A fifth columnist is someone who secretly supports and helps the enemies of the country or organization they are in.
  • finishing touch — a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
  • fishhook cactus — a large cactus, Ferocactus wislizenii, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having hooked spines and red or yellow flowers.
  • force the issue — to compel decision on some matter
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
  • gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
  • graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
  • hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
  • hedgehog cactus — any of various rounded, usually spiny cacti of the genus Echinocereus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having bell-shaped flowers that close at night.
  • heterochthonous — not indigenous; foreign (opposed to autochthonous): heterochthonous flora and fauna.
  • heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
  • horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
  • horticulturists — Plural form of horticulturist.
  • house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons.
  • housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
  • hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
  • humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
  • immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • mahrisch-ostrau — German name of Moravská Ostrava.
  • methylcellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
  • mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
  • neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
  • north caucasian — a language family including all the Caucasian languages north of the Caucasian divide, as Kabardian and the Circassian language proper, and a few between the divide and the Black Sea, as Abkhazian.
  • nucleosynthesis — the formation of new atomic nuclei by nuclear reactions, thought to occur in the interiors of stars and in the early stages of development of the universe.
  • nucleosynthetic — Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis.
  • odontorhynchous — (of birds) having toothlike ridges inside the beak
  • okhotsk current — a cold ocean current flowing SW from the Bering Sea, E of the Kurile Islands, along the E coast of Japan where it meets the Japan Current.
  • ornithorhynchus — the platypus.
  • pheasant coucal — a brown and black, red-eyed Australian bird, Centropus phasianinus, with a pheasantlike tail.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • psychoacoustics — the study of sound perception.
  • pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
  • quasihistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
  • scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
  • second thoughts — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
  • shoot-the-chute — a fairground ride consisting of a boat which slides down into a lagoon
  • shut one's face — to be silent
  • 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.
  • south caucasian — a family of languages including Georgian, Mingrelian, and others that are spoken on the south slopes of the Caucasus and adjacent areas.
  • south china sea — a part of the W Pacific, bounded by SE China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines.
  • southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
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