14-letter words containing a, r, t, h, u
- tragacanth gum — Tragacanth gum is a gum obtained from the tragacanth plant, used as a suspending agent.
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- 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
- triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- 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-orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- 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
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unhumanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
- up to the ears — very deeply
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- 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.
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.