14-letter words containing s, a, f, e, h
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- raise the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- safe as houses — If you say that something or someone is as safe as houses, you mean that they are completely safe.
- safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- sea of okhotsk — part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- shamefacedness — modest or bashful.
- share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
- sheffield lake — a town in N Ohio.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shoshone falls — waterfall on the Snake River, in S Ida.: c. 200 ft (61 m)
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
- spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- stand the gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- szekesfehervar — a city in W central Hungary.
- teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
- the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
- the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
- unthankfulness — the quality or condition of being unthankful; lack of thankfulness; ungratefulness
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.