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14-letter words containing h, a, i, n, t

  • stay stitching — a line of stitches made in the seam allowance to prevent the edges from stretching
  • stay the night — If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • 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 chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
  • straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
  • straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
  • sunshine state — Florida (used as a nickname).
  • swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • 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.
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • technical area — the area at the side of the pitch to which managers, trainers, coaches, etc are restricted during play
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • 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.
  • thanatological — relating to thanatology, the study of death and dying
  • that's an idea — that is worth considering
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • 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 humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
  • the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
  • the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
  • 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 palatinate — either of two territories in SW Germany, once ruled by the counts palatine. Upper Palatinate is now in Bavaria; Lower or Rhine Palatinate is now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, and Hesse
  • the real thing — If you say that a thing or event is the real thing, you mean that it is the thing or event itself, rather than an imitation or copy.
  • the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
  • the roman rite — the liturgical rite used in the Diocese of Rome
  • the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  • the stannaries — a tin-mining district of Devon and Cornwall, formerly under the jurisdiction of special courts
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