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14-letter words containing d, e, a, n, t, h

  • notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
  • nudibranchiate — nudibranch.
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • open deathtrap — (abuse)   An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
  • pendulum watch — (formerly) a watch having a balance wheel, especially a balance wheel bearing a fake pendulum bob oscillating behind a window in the dial.
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • radiant heater — a heater that heats a building by radiant heat emitted from panels containing electrical conductors, hot water, etc
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • raise the wind — to obtain the necessary funds
  • richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
  • richard trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
  • ride at anchor — to be anchored
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
  • 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.
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • 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
  • 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
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • 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 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
  • 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.
  • that's an idea — that is worth considering
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the gender gap — the difference in the attitudes, behaviour, abilities, etc, of men and women, or boys and girls
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • the mujaheddin — (in Afghanistan and Iran) fundamentalist Muslim guerrillas; in Afghanistan in 1992 the mujaheddin overthrew the government but were unable to agree on a constitution due to factional conflict and in 1996 Taliban forces seized power
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • the platteland — (in South Africa) the country districts or rural areas
  • the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
  • the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
  • the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • then and there — at that time: Prices were lower then.
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