14-letter words containing h, o, d, l
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
- 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.
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- soldier orchid — a European orchid, Orchis militaris, having pale purple flowers with a four-lobed lower lip
- soldiers' home — an institution that provides care and shelter for retired soldiers.
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- stand-off half — a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
- swollen-headed — conceited
- 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
- the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
- the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist
- the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
- the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
- the real world — if you talk about the real world, you are referring to the world and life in general, in contrast to a particular person's own life, experience, and ideas, which may seem untypical and unrealistic
- the unemployed — people who are out of work
- the wool trade — the business of buying and selling wool, formerly very important in Britain, Australia etc
- the world over — If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world.
- theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
- think out loud — to speak one's thoughts as they occur
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- to lend a hand — If you lend someone a hand, you help them.
- tooth and nail — with all one's resources or energy; fiercely: We fought tooth and nail but lost.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- twilight world — a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories
- two-toed sloth — either of two sloths of the genus Choloepus, having two claws on the forelimbs and three on the hind limbs, including C. didactylus and C. hoffmanni.
- ultra-orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
- west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- wholeheartedly — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wild monkshood — a plant, Aconitum uncinatum, of the buttercup family, native to the eastern central U.S., having roundish leaves and hooded, blue flowers, growing in rich, moist soil.
- wild west show — an entertainment, often as part of a circus, representing scenes and events from the early history of the western U.S. and displaying feats of marksmanship, horseback riding, rope twirling, and the like.
- world champion — someone who has won a competition open to people throughout the whole world