14-letter words containing e, i, n, d, h, o
- 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.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- undernourished — not nourished with sufficient or proper food to maintain or promote health or normal growth.
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- 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
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
- when it's done — (jargon) A manufacturer's non-answer to questions about product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know".
- window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- yorkshire bond — flying bond.
- zinc phosphide — a dark-gray, gritty, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Zn 3 P 2 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.