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14-letter words containing a, r, h, u, s

  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
  • the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
  • the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
  • the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • three-quarters — Three-quarters is an amount that is three out of four equal parts of something.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • till all hours — until very late
  • to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
  • treasure house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • 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
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
  • turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
  • ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
  • ultra-rightist — a person with extremely right-wing political views
  • ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
  • unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
  • under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
  • underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
  • up to the ears — very deeply
  • upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
  • v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
  • water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
  • whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
  • xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines
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