18-letter words containing ort
- report an accident — If you report an accident, you inform an insurer or the police or other authorities that an accident has occurred.
- reporters' gallery — an area in parliament reserved for journalists and reporters
- selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
- self-mortification — the inflicting of pain or privation on oneself: He was certain that self-mortification was the only road to salvation.
- sell oneself short — If you sell someone short, you do not point out their good qualities as much as you should or do as much for them as you should.
- short story writer — author of short fiction
- short, sharp shock — A short, sharp shock is a punishment that is fairly harsh and severe but only lasts for a short time.
- short-tailed shrew — a grayish-black shrew, Blarina brevicauda, common in eastern North America, that has a tail less than half the length of the body.
- shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
- silvery spleenwort — a fern, Diplazium pycnocarpon, of eastern North America, having fronds from 20 to 30 inches (50.8 to 76.2 cm) long on yellowish-green stalks.
- soldier of fortune — a person who independently seeks pleasure, wealth, etc., through adventurous exploits.
- supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
- supportive therapy — any treatment, such as the intravenous administration of certain fluids, designed to reinforce or sustain the physiological well-being of a patient
- the north atlantic — the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, especially the waters separating North America and Europe
- the northern irish — the people who live in or come from Northern Ireland
- the northern karoo — a high arid plateau in South Africa, north of the Central Karoo
- to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
- transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
- visitor's passport — (formerly, in Britain) a passport, valid for one year and for certain countries only, that could be purchased from post offices
- voluntary abortion — abortion (def 1).
- voluntary-abortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- west-northwestward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west-northwest.