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14-letter words containing l, i, s, e, t, h

  • satellite dish — dish (def 8).
  • schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
  • school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
  • schoolmistress — a woman who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • scotch thistle — a tall, prickly plant, Onopordum acanthium, native to Eurasia, having stems and leaves covered with cottony down and solitary purple flower heads: the national emblem of Scotland.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
  • shirley temple — Shirley (Shirley Temple Black) 1928–2014, U.S. film actress, famous for child roles during the 1930s, and diplomat.
  • shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
  • sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
  • something else — sth different
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • 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.
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
  • synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • the all whites — the former name for the international soccer team of New Zealand
  • the apple isle — Tasmania
  • the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
  • the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
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