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14-letter words containing o, r, t, h, s, i

  • south ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the S part of the historical county of Ayrshire; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Ayr. Pop: 111 580 (2003 est). Area: 1202 sq km (464 sq miles)
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • south whittier — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • 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.
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
  • spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
  • sporotrichosis — a widespread infectious disease marked by nodules or ulcers of the skin, chiefly affecting humans and domestic mammals and caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
  • 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.
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stick together — be united
  • stoichiometric — of or relating to stoichiometry.
  • straight arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
  • straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • straight razor — a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds.
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
  • strike through — cross out
  • striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
  • 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.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
  • the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
  • the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
  • 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
  • theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
  • 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.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
  • third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
  • thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
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