14-letter words containing s, h, a, d
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
- sandwich board — two connected posters or signboards that hang in front of and behind a person and usually bear some advertisement, notice, exhortation, or the like.
- sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- satellite dish — dish (def 8).
- 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.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- scorched earth — military policy: destroying enemy crops
- scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- shamefacedness — modest or bashful.
- 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
- sharp-tempered — with a tendency to become suddenly angry
- shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- sheffield lake — a town in N Ohio.
- shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
- shifting sands — If you refer to the shifting sands of a situation, you mean that it changes so often that it is difficult to deal with.
- 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.
- shredded wheat — a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- 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.
- smash-and-grab — A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
- smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
- smothered mate — checkmate delivered by a knight when the king's mobility is restricted by his own pieces.
- 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.
- spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
- spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
- speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.