16-letter words containing a, h, u, t, e
- sushi restaurant — a restaurant serving sushi
- sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
- swash plate pump — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
- take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
- take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
- thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
- thallium sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Tl 2 SO 4 , used chiefly as an insecticide and rodenticide.
- that's the stuff — that is what is needed
- the annunciation — the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38)
- the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
- the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
- the early church — the Christian church in the centuries immediately following Christ's death
- the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
- the easy way out — least demanding solution
- the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
- the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
- the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
- the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- the urban league — a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States
- the vienna union — an international conference of socialists who came together in Vienna in 1921 in an attempt to reconstruct a united International by offering an alternative to the right-wing remnant of the Second International and to the Comintern: merged into the Labour and Socialist International in 1923
- there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- to a/the minimum — If you say that someone keeps something to a minimum, or to the minimum, you mean that they keep the amount of it as small as possible.
- to call the tune — If you say that a person or organization is calling the tune, you mean that they are in a position of power or control in a particular situation.
- to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
- true-heartedness — the quality of being true-hearted
- tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
- tuatha de danann — a race of gods or demigods who defeated the Fomorians and ruled Ireland during a golden age.
- turn up the heat — to increase the intensity of activity, coercion, etc
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- uncharacteristic — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- under the hammer — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- write home about — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- your better half — If you talk about your better half or your other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.