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

  • straight arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
  • straight chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
  • straight chair — a chair with a straight back, especially one that is unupholstered and has straight legs and straight arms or no arms.
  • straight fight — a contest between two candidates only
  • straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
  • straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
  • 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 razor — a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds.
  • straight stall — a narrow, oblong stall in which a horse or other animal cannot turn around.
  • straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
  • straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
  • 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.
  • straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
  • stratigraphist — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
  • 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
  • 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
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • tachygraphical — characteristic of tachygraphy
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • 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
  • telegraph 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.
  • that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
  • thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
  • the archeozoic — the Archean (see phrase under Archean)
  • the charioteer — the constellation Auriga
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • 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 lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • 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
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