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

  • 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.
  • taurocholic acid — an acid, C 26 H 45 NO 7 S, occurring as a sodium salt in the bile of carnivorous animals, which on hydrolysis yields taurine and cholic acid.
  • 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.
  • tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
  • the anthropocene — a proposed term for the present geological epoch (from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards), during which humanity has begun to have a significant impact on the environment
  • 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 high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
  • the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
  • 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
  • thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
  • thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
  • thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
  • thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • thirteenth chord — a chord much used in jazz and pop, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth above the root
  • three-card monte — a gambling game in which the players are shown three cards and bet that they can identify one particular card of the three, as stipulated by the dealer, after the cards have been moved around face down by the dealer.
  • throat infection — an infection or inflammation of the throat or pharynx
  • thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
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