14-letter words containing d, a, s, h, o
- rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- sado-masochism — Sado-masochism is the enjoyment of hurting people and being hurt.
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- scorched earth — military policy: destroying enemy crops
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- 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.
- 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.
- stand-off half — a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
- studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
- swollen-headed — conceited
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- 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 done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
- the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
- 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.
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- 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.
- to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
- 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.
- ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unhandsomeness — unattractiveness
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.