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14-letter words containing h, y, a

  • telepathically — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • tetraethyllead — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble, poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5) 4 Pb, used as an antiknock agent in gasoline.
  • thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
  • that is to say — in other words
  • thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
  • the ivy league — a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain
  • the july sales — a traditional retail event occurring in the month of July, when shops sell things at less than their normal price
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • the quaternary — the Quaternary period or rock system, divided into Pleistocene and Holocene (Recent) epochs or series
  • the real mccoy — the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
  • the royal mail — the national postal service of the United Kingdom
  • the very idea! — that is preposterous, unreasonable, etc
  • 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.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • three-act play — a dramatic production such as play or film which is divided into three acts or sections
  • three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
  • throw a wobbly — to become suddenly very agitated or angry
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • trimethylamine — a colourless, flammable liquid with a strong, fishy odour
  • triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
  • try one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
  • unauthenticity — the quality of lacking authenticity or not being genuine
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
  • unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
  • untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
  • varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
  • vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
  • walk away with — escape
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