14-letter words containing a, g, h, s
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- stand the gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
- states' rights — the rights and powers generally conceded to the states, or all those powers claimed for the states under some interpretations of the Constitution
- stay stitching — a line of stitches made in the seam allowance to prevent the edges from stretching
- stay the night — If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- steganographer — an expert in steganography
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
- stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- storage heater — an electrical device capable of accumulating and radiating heat generated by off-peak electricity
- straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
- straight arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
- straight chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straight chair — a chair with a straight back, especially one that is unupholstered and has straight legs and straight arms or no arms.
- straight fight — a contest between two candidates only
- straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
- straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- straight razor — a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds.
- straight stall — a narrow, oblong stall in which a horse or other animal cannot turn around.
- straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
- straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straighten out — make straighter
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
- stratigraphist — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
- swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
- teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
- texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
- thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.