18-letter words containing g, a, s, t, h
- spherical triangle — a triangle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
- stinking chamomile — mayweed.
- strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
- stratigraphic trap — A stratigraphic trap is a rock formation that contains hydrocarbons and is sealed by other rock formations.
- swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
- sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
- teaching assistant — a graduate student in a college or university who is the recipient of a teaching fellowship. Abbreviation: TA.
- technical sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant and above a staff sergeant.
- the class struggle — the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power
- the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
- the hunger marches — a number of processions by unemployed workers in the 1930s to protest against unemployment and deprivation
- the intelligentsia — the educated or intellectual people in a society or community
- the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
- the middle passage — the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas
- the passenger seat — the seat used by a passenger of a car, beside the driver
- to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
- to stop at nothing — If you say that someone will stop at nothing to get something, you are emphasizing that they are willing to do things that are extreme, wrong, or dangerous in order to get it.
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.