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14-letter words containing e, i, t, h, r

  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • st. catharines — a city in SE Ontario, in SE Canada.
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • states' rights — the rights and powers generally conceded to the states, or all those powers claimed for the states under some interpretations of the Constitution
  • steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stick together — be united
  • stoichiometric — of or relating to stoichiometry.
  • straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • 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)
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
  • street fighter — a person whose style of fistfighting was learned in the streets, as opposed to a trained or proficient boxer.
  • streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
  • stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
  • strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike through — cross out
  • striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
  • studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • take the chair — to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc
  • target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
  • 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.
  • technical area — the area at the side of the pitch to which managers, trainers, coaches, etc are restricted during play
  • technothriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
  • teeth grinding — habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.
  • telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • terebinthinate — of, relating to, or resembling turpentine.
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • the archeozoic — the Archean (see phrase under Archean)
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