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14-letter words containing a, h, i, s, t, o

  • 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.
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • that is to say — in other words
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
  • the visitation — the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth: Luke 1:39-56
  • the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thomas aquinasSaint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • till all hours — until very late
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis.
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
  • turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unsophisticate — not sophisticated
  • vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
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