14-letter words containing s, a, d, h, u
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- household name — a person or thing that is very well known
- household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
- hubbard squash — a variety of winter squash having a green or yellow skin and yellow flesh.
- humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- podophthalmous — relating to a crustacean
- pseudaesthesia — imaginary sensation, like that of an amputated limb
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- saddam hussein — Also, Hosein, Husain. (al-Husayn) a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
- shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shoulder blade — the scapula.
- shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- slash and burn — Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on to clear a new piece of land.
- slash-and-burn — of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
- studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- 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
- sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.