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14-letter words containing n, s, h

  • straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
  • streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
  • stretch runner — an athlete or horse that is especially strong or fast in the final stage of a race.
  • streuselkuchen — coffeecake topped with streusel.
  • strip lighting — Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs.
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • sulphonium ion — a positive ion produced by the addition of a proton to the sulphur atom of a thiol or thio-ether
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
  • sulphur spring — a natural hot spring containing sulphur, believed to have curative properties
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
  • sunshine state — Florida (used as a nickname).
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • sweet chestnut — tree: edible nuts
  • sweet nothings — terms of endearment
  • swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
  • 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
  • swollen-headed — conceited
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • 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.
  • synchronically — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
  • synchronoscope — synchroscope.
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • 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.
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • take the stand — to sit (or stand) in the designated place in a courtroom and give testimony
  • 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
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • 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 an idea — that is worth considering
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
  • the betting is — If you say the betting is that something will happen or is true, you are suggesting that it is very likely to happen or to be true.
  • 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 gentle sex — the female sex; women
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
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