16-letter words containing h, u, y, t
- southerly buster — a sudden violent cold wind on the SE coast of Australia causing a rapid drop in temperature
- speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
- st. lucie cherry — mahaleb.
- statutory change — a change in the law
- strawberry shrub — Carolina allspice
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- synthetic cubism — the late phase of cubism, characterized chiefly by an increased use of color and the imitation or introduction of a wide range of textures and material into painting.
- synthetic rubber — any of several substances similar to natural rubber in properties and uses, produced by the polymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, as butylene or isoprene, or by the copolymerization of such hydrocarbons with styrene, butadiene, or the like.
- the boys in blue — The police are sometimes referred to as the boys in blue.
- the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
- the early church — the Christian church in the centuries immediately following Christ's death
- the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
- the easy way out — least demanding solution
- the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
- the hitler youth — a Nazi paramilitary youth organization (1922-45)
- the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
- the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
- there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
- there's no hurry — If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
- to cut both ways — If you say that something cuts both ways, you mean that it can have two opposite effects, or can have both good and bad effects.
- to hold your own — If you hold your own, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you.
- to try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
- twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- uninhabitability — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- ureterolithotomy — incision of a ureter for removal of a calculus.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- what do you know — People sometimes say 'What do you know!' when they are very surprised about something.
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- worth your while — If an action or activity is worth someone's while, it will be helpful, useful, or enjoyable for them if they do it, even though it requires some effort.
- your better half — If you talk about your better half or your other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.