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14-letter words containing h, a, l, e, u

  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
  • slaughterously — murderously
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
  • southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
  • stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • 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.
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
  • the ivy league — a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain
  • the july sales — a traditional retail event occurring in the month of July, when shops sell things at less than their normal price
  • the last laugh — the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat
  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
  • the pole vault — a field event in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
  • the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
  • third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
  • three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
  • turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
  • un-challenging — offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc: a challenging course; a challenging game.
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unmathematical — not characterized by or using the precision of mathematics; inexact; imprecise
  • unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
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