14-letter words containing r, i, g, h, t, s
- 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).
- spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
- sparring match — a practice boxing match
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- 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.
- states' rights — the rights and powers generally conceded to the states, or all those powers claimed for the states under some interpretations of the Constitution
- steering wheel — a wheel used by a driver, pilot, or the like, to steer an automobile, ship, etc.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stick together — be united
- 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 arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
- straight chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straight chair — a chair with a straight back, especially one that is unupholstered and has straight legs and straight arms or no arms.
- straight fight — a contest between two candidates only
- straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
- 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.
- straight stall — a narrow, oblong stall in which a horse or other animal cannot turn around.
- straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
- straight-chain — an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straighten out — make straighter
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
- stratigraphist — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- street fighter — a person whose style of fistfighting was learned in the streets, as opposed to a trained or proficient boxer.
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- strike through — cross out
- strip lighting — Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs.
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- 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
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- 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.
- thick register — chest register.
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-rightist — a person with extremely right-wing political views