14-letter words containing h, i, p, s, t, e
- spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- spy-in-the-sky — of or relating to a surveillance camera mounted on an aircraft or orbiting satellite
- 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 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.
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- 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
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- the apple isle — Tasmania
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
- the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
- the opposition — a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government
- the slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
- the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- think positive — be optimistic
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
- water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- white sapphire — a colorless variety of corundum, used as a gemstone.
- whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
- with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.