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14-letter words containing d, a, h

  • smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
  • smothered mate — checkmate delivered by a knight when the king's mobility is restricted by his own pieces.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • st. john's day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • stack the deck — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
  • stand a chance — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • stand the gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
  • stand the pace — to keep up with the speed or rate of others
  • stand-off half — a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
  • standard pitch — concert pitch
  • starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
  • steely-hearted — hard-hearted
  • straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
  • straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.
  • surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
  • swelled-headed — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • swollen-headed — conceited
  • take a hand in — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • take the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • take the stand — to sit (or stand) in the designated place in a courtroom and give testimony
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • teacher's aide — A teacher's aide is a person who helps a teacher in a school classroom but who is not a qualified teacher.
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • tender-hearted — soft-hearted; sympathetic.
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • tetraethyllead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
  • that's an idea — that is worth considering
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • the dead heart — the remote interior of Australia
  • the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
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