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14-letter words containing a, t, h, e, o

  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • 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 house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
  • tree of heaven — an Asiatic tree, Ailanthus altissima, having large oblong leaves and rank-smelling flowers, often planted as a shade tree.
  • trichloracetic — as in trichloracetic acid
  • trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
  • trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
  • trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
  • triiodomethane — iodoform.
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • try one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unsophisticate — not sophisticated
  • up to the ears — very deeply
  • up to the mark — acceptably good
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
  • victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
  • vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • weather report — a summary of weather conditions, often including predicted conditions, for an area.
  • weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
  • weatherboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherboard.
  • weatherization — (US) The process of weatherizing.
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
  • weatherproofer — a worker who weatherproofs houses and other buildings.
  • weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
  • welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.
  • white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • with a view to — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
  • with an eye to — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
  • xanthomelanous — of or relating to olive-skinned and dark-haired peoples, belonging to the Xanthomelanoi division
  • xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
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