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

  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
  • the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
  • the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
  • the salicaceae — a chiefly N temperate family of trees and shrubs having catkins: includes the willows and poplars
  • the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  • the stannaries — a tin-mining district of Devon and Cornwall, formerly under the jurisdiction of special courts
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • the visitation — the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth: Luke 1:39-56
  • the whim-whams — an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters
  • the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
  • the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thermaesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • 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.
  • thick and fast — If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.
  • thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • three-base hit — triple (def 7).
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • till all hours — until very late
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • 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
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
  • ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
  • ultra-rightist — a person with extremely right-wing political views
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
  • unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
  • unchangingness — the quality or state of not changing
  • unchauvinistic — not chauvinistic
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
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