15-letter words containing e, s, c, u, t, h
- security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
- security threat — a threat to the security of a country
- shoot-the-chute — a fairground ride consisting of a boat which slides down into a lagoon
- shut one's face — to be silent
- shuttle service — transport going back and forth
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- south china sea — a part of the W Pacific, bounded by SE China, Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and the Philippines.
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
- squelch circuit — a circuit which disconnects a receiver in order to eliminate output noise when no signal or an extremely weak signal is received
- stay the course — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- student teacher — a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- subtrochanteric — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- succedent house — any of the four houses that fall between the angular and cadent houses: the second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh houses, which correspond, respectively, to possessions and values, love and creation, shared possessions and resources, and friends and social concerns.
- technostructure — the group or class of technically skilled administrators, scientists, and engineers who manage and influence business, the economy, and government affairs.
- the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
- the midas touch — ability to make money
- the unconscious — the sum of all thoughts, memories, impulses, desires, feelings, etc. of which the individual is not conscious but which influence the emotions and behavior; that part of one's psyche which comprises repressed material of this nature
- theft insurance — insurance against loss or damage of property resulting from theft.
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- touch base with — the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests: a metal base for the table.
- touch-sensitive — Touch-sensitive equipment is operated by the user touching it.
- turn the scales — to determine or decide something uncertain
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unteachableness — the quality or condition of being unteachable
- urquhart castle — a castle near Drumnadrochit in Highland, Scotland: situated on Loch Ness
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- youth orchestra — an orchestra that is made up of young musicians
- zapata mustache — a large mustache that curves down the corners of the mouth.