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14-letter words containing h, o, u, r, e

  • 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.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • square shooter — an honest, fair person.
  • squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • strike through — cross out
  • studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
  • sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
  • supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
  • superphosphate — Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
  • 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 open group — (body)   (Formerly "X/Open") A vendor- and technology-neutral consortium of buyers and suppliers of information systems that aims to ease integration by testing and certifying products against open standards.
  • the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
  • the true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
  • the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
  • 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.
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
  • thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
  • thought shower — brainstorm
  • thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
  • through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
  • through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
  • thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
  • to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
  • to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
  • torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • 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
  • treasure house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
  • trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
  • troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
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