14-letter words containing h, o, n, e, s
- southern yemen — a former name of Yemen (def 1).
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- southwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the southwest.
- souvenir sheet — a single stamp or a pair, block, or set of stamps having the same or different designs commemorating a stamp exhibition or other event and having inscriptions in one or all four margins.
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- splash erosion — erosion caused by the impact of falling raindrops.
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- st. john perse — (pseud. of Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887-1975; Fr. diplomat & poet
- st. john's eve — Midsummer Eve.
- st.-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- steganographer — an expert in steganography
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stephen foster — Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- straighten out — make straighter
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- sweet nothings — terms of endearment
- swollen-headed — conceited
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- synchronoscope — synchroscope.
- synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- tam-o'-shanter — a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.
- teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction
- telephoto lens — a lens constructed so as to produce a relatively large image with a focal length shorter than that required by an ordinary lens producing an image of the same size: used to photograph small or distant objects.
- tenement house — a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run-down, overcrowded, etc.
- tenement-house — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
- 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.
- that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
- the chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
- the omniscient — God
- the opposition — a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government
- the snow queen — a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1845; a young boy, Kay, falls under a troll's spell and his heart is turned to ice. He is carried off by the Snow Queen, who holds him captive until he is rescued by his devoted friend, Gerda
- 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 visitation — the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth: Luke 1:39-56
- the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
- the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
- there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.