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14-letter words containing h, a, s, t, l

  • stand-off half — a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
  • staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
  • staphyloplasty — plastic surgery or surgical repair involving the soft palate or the uvula
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • steal the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • steely-hearted — hard-hearted
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • 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 flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
  • straight stall — a narrow, oblong stall in which a horse or other animal cannot turn around.
  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • tar heel state — North Carolina (used as a nickname).
  • teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
  • texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
  • thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
  • the all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the all whites — the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand
  • the apple isle — Tasmania
  • the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
  • the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
  • the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
  • 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 ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
  • the joe blakes — the DT's
  • 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 straw — If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer.
  • 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 lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • the salicaceae — a chiefly N temperate family of trees and shrubs having catkins: includes the willows and poplars
  • the soo canals — the two ship canals linking Lakes Superior and Huron. There is a canal on the Canadian and on the US side of the rapids of the St Mary's River
  • the waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
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